The Phenomenology of Error by Joseph William's

The article "The Phenomenology of Error" by Joseph William's states that some small grammatical errors in writing can often go overlooked. Some of the best works that are used as examples for students nation wide even have errors in them. This does not mean that these same writings are not good examples, just that these errors can go unnoticed. William's wrote this article indicting those who produce great writings but still have errors in there work. This is because if these works are going to be examples for students then why would there be any grammatical errors in it. These errors would be very hypocritical to those students who are reading these writings. As William's said "after all, what good is learning a rule, if all we can do is disobey it. The sentence stands out to me because if we learn a rule then later find that many great writers still make this mistake in their writings, then why bother learning the rule in the first place.