Originally Posted by pruss
This sort of stuff won't wipe out the distinction between good and bad grammar, but simply contribute the constant mutation of the language and shift what is and what is not good grammar. "R U OK" may become good grammar, spelling and punctuation, but "R OK U" will likely be bad grammar.
Much of good standard contemporary English grammar would have sounded terrible a couple of hundred years ago. These things change. There is a value in their not changing too fast--change impedes communication between generations--but the fact of change should be accepted.
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