I'm still reading back through all the responses, but I vote...yes. My god, it's hard enough to weed out the people without a good story to tell ... it's like asking is it just okay to flick paint at the canvas, or is learning to paint still important? For me, the actual discipline and "care" that goes into actually learning a language is important for someone who wants to be a writer. If you are just sending a text to your BFF that's one thing, but if you want me to pay you money and read your work? You need to show me that it matters to you. Ignoring grammar, to me, says the opposite.
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