On a scale of one to ten, where one is 'this is just one guy's random opinion' and ten is 'this is a widely accepted rule of English and any deviation from it is unarguably incorrect', where does Patridge's rule fall?
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
5) 5
6) 6
7) 7
8) 8
9) 9
10) 10