i’m not prescriptive with grammar. it is ]descriptive. so “common usage” is fine by me.

and there are even racist undertones to a lot of it. sometimes the word “ask” gets pronounced as “axe” which some people throw fits of hissy all over the place.

Chaucer, the grandfather of modern English, had no problem using the “axe” version. so i’m more down with common usage for speech but knowing the variety of rules and how they have been used historically is a fun exercise in linguistic study and discourse.

but its all good.