In the back of my mind is a paragraph of a text book from 35 years ago..

At that time it was a key insight for my developing politicised undergrad student view of the world.

Essentially, it pinpointed how pedantic imposition of over precise rigid rules of English Language
was a ruling class elite tool of oppression and power consolidation...

..something like that.. buggered if after 3 decades I can even remember the book or it's author,
let alone enough of the paragraph to paraphrase it adequately...