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The thing that bothers me most about grammer is that I don't believe in most of it. You see, I'm a programmer and well versed in many different computer languages and as it turns out, there's a lot of similarities between programming and natural languages. In computer languages there are various ways of writing the exact same statement in the same language. For example, in C, the statement: i = i + 1; is semantically identical to: i+=1;. They just use different syntax. Often different organizations define coding standards or conventions that specify the use of one form or the other. This mearly makes the code easier to read by other humans. In the natural languages there are ways to do the same thing. So long as a sentence conveys the intended meaning, it should be correct. Essentially, every English class I've ever had has been teaching me a specific standard, and each test I've had has been testing my coherance to that standard. And finally, this is where my peeve comes in... I hate conforming to standards.
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