http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/15/steven-pinker-10-grammar-rules-break

The Guardian 

 Steven Pinker -'10 Grammar rules its okay to break'

In this article there are talks about whether grammar should belong to that of an individual or if we should have to stick to standard English language. Descriptivists argue that language is a creativity of human nature and should therefore people should have free will to write or speak how they want to. It asks questions such as should English only stem form Latin? Or why can't one word change its meaning to to mean something else over time? It talks about old rules such as 'dangling modifiers' that argue normal day sentences we use aren't grammatically correct. But then i would argue that speaking and writing are completely different contexts as you would automatically change the grammar you use in different situations. For example talking to friends, your accent and slang will come across and be used, however writing on paper means no accent will be present and in a formal piece of writing standard English would be appropriate. In some written situations, such as text, then formal writing wouldn't apply as text speech would be most likely used. Pinker also talks about 'whom' and 'who' being used. It is said that 'whom' is used when people want to sound posh but he says that when people try to use the phrase in written language it is often used incorrectly as with many other terms.