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Comment by Groxx

6 months ago

Human languages have less "rules" and more "patterns that improve communication", and they constantly change. And even languages with like legitimate rules-bodies overseeing it still see variation in normal use.

Prescriptivism is an option of course, but it's inherently futile to some degree. Unleſſ you intend to maintain thiſ for all time, and even then your choice of what to canonicalize iſ pretty arbitrary outside of conlangſ (ſo maybe you have a chance with Eſperanto)