In Linguistics, the emphasis has shifted away from a normative, prescriptive approach about what correct language is, towards a descriptive approach just observing how most people use it in daily life. So, former "rules" of grammar professors who stated things like "The verb love cannot be used in the present continuous form (am loving)" have become obsolete...
To me, this forum is a very good resource to observe English expressions etc. as used by native speakers. Actually I've thought about starting an English language thread in the Bar as I've sometimes wanted to ask about how you feel about certain choices of words etc.