You can see with Wikipedia how it is when the bar to contribute is lower

It's interesting since a lot of language simplification attempts of that era did succeed, off the top of my head, Chinese (in the PRC) and Malayalam

Turkish as well. They moved from Arabic to Latin script.

This is what I think about grammar. Yes, it’s a little arbitrary but it makes you think a little more about your writing. That’s why I try to use correct grammar in text messages. I don’t push this on anyone because most people don’t like to think about word choice, but I am a writer at heart. Still I have to bite my tongue every time someone sends me a text message “hi am here”

Have you considered that by adhering to the arbitrary rules of grammar you are forgoing a realm of poetic opportunity?

I wonder how they would handle a freak snowstorm

Probably the same way they handle our summer monsoons in Miami: they shut down the service until conditions clear.