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And before you can reply with something obnoxious about frequency not being the same as importance... yes, obviously. In this context we are talking about the importance of a word to a language. Said differently, how necessary or critical is a word within a language. No one is arguing that "a", "an", or "or" are important concepts, but they are important to my ability to convey meaning. Yes, "existence" is more important than "or", but if you removed both of those words from my vocabulary, it would be the missing "or" that would make communication more difficult overall.
Its obnoxious to call out that that statistical regularity (wowsies, you spent hours looking for that?) have nothing to do with the semi-random statements you make? Maybe you shouldn’t make claims you yourself find issues with?
Your little theory bleeds from every imaginable surface… Why are the indefinite articles of ‘a’ and ‘an’ more important that that of the definitive? At that why is ‘a’ more important than ‘an’ if they serve the very same purpose? Is there even a singular example where your little theory you call a rule works?