You have to understand, with the MSM diminishing by the day, a lot of this stuff is written now by folks making slightly more than min wage....
Correct English grammar is already much less refined than in our cousin German, and the process continues. It makes it easier for foreigners to learn English. Where English has a drawback is that our spelling is much less phonetic than French or German.
Minimum wage and minimum education although they may be highly degreed!