What’s the most useless grammar rule in the English language?

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I think the most useless grammar rule could be, “Don't begin sentences with coordinating conjunctions like 'And' and 'But. '” The problem is that the best writers do it constantly, and there's nothing illogical about it in the first place. But the fact that the best writers do it is all that...
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I think the most useless grammar rule could be, “Don't begin sentences with coordinating conjunctions like 'And' and 'But. '” The problem is that the best writers do it constantly, and there's nothing illogical about it in the first place. But the fact that the best writers do it is all that need be said read less
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I think the most useless grammar rule could be, “Don't begin sentences with coordinating conjunctions like 'And' and 'But. '” The problem is that the best writers do it constantly, and there's nothing illogical about it in the first place. But the fact that the best writers do it is all that...
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I think the most useless grammar rule could be, “Don't begin sentences with coordinating conjunctions like 'And' and 'But.'” The problem is that the best writers do it constantly, and there's nothing illogical about it in the first place. But the fact that the best writers do it is all that need be said read less
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1 | You shouldn't start a sentence with 'however' 2 | You shouldn't start a sentence with 'and' 3 | 'Irregardless' isn't a word. 4 | You should never end a sentence with a preposition. 5 | It's wrong to split infinitives.
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I think the useless grammar rule could be, don't begin sentences with coordinating conjunctions like and or but
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didn't and did not Similarly isn't and is not as both equally mean and denote same meaning.
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Nothing is useless in this world. Just to change your way of thinking to use it.
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| You shouldn't start a sentence with 'however' 2 | You shouldn't start a sentence with 'and' 3 | 'Irregardless' isn't a word. 4 | You should never end a sentence with a preposition. 5 | It's wrong to split infinitives.
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didn't and did not Similarly isn't and is not as both equally mean and denote same meaning.
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