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I'd argue that if people are saying or writing it, then that's what English is, and no more than that. Academic opinion is moving away from ideas of what is 'correct' - from prescriptive grammar to descriptive, if you like.

Punctuation is a system of marks that clarify meaning in written language. Grammar is the structure of language itself.

its meaning. And, by the way, this thread should've been addressed to the punctuation police rather than the grammar police.