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  1. Of course "developement" of language took place before there
  2. were writers and educators, but the grammatical rules for
  3. written language--the "invented rules"--were evolved by only
  4. those who could evolve them, the literate few.  Presumably, the
  5. prescriptivist educators, who have evolved a system of rules
  6. for effective speech and writing, are trying to educate the
  7. vast, illiterate populations.  Why do you consider teaching an
  8. imposition, because it vies with actual usage?  Is there
  9. something sacrosanct about actual usage?  How is anyone to
  10. learn how to read and write without the rules of grammar?