Grammar Rules for Freelancers: An English Teacher’s Dirty Little Secret

Do you ever feel conflicted about grammar rules? I do. When I teach university English and when I write for freelance clients. I'm torn between the need to follow all the grammar rules taught in school, and the need to break them. It's like I'm living a double life. On one hand, it feels like being a concert violinist, sitting stiffly in a black tuxedo on a black metal chair, violin wedged against a black bowtie, playing full concertos in the key of E minor. It’s lovely… But...