A good carpenter is taught to nail his sheathing to the anchored mudsill, the “box” is toed to the “mud” only to straighten it to the snap line.(Jim, thanks for speaking - not so New English) This is part of the straightening
and squaring process, more than it is a structural connection.

Hundreds, maybe thousands of 8d‘s. in shear.

I’d imagine an informed inspector, is looking for just this.

Redundancy is an important part of stick building,

And should not be overlooked in what we do either,