Day 412 and slang reps beat grammar drills every time

While real-time use of items like "pop off" can produce an immediate sense of connection in informal exchanges, that connection rests on shared context that does not travel to email, contracts, or interviews. Articles and tense mark distinctions that change meaning, and the reader is not required to ask for clarification when the sentence is already on record. The practical exception holds only inside narrow spoken situations; it does not override the general rule that accuracy compounds rather than erodes over repeated use.