Why care for grammar as long as we are good?

Why care for grammar as long as we are good?

When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence.

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest.

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I read more

I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.

The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar

The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar

I am the King of Rome, and above grammar

I am the King of Rome, and above grammar

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I read more

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.