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Descriptivist and Prescriptivist

Hello everyone,
Would you please tell me if we have these two words in english or not?Or you would use other words instead of them?

1)Descriptivist.
2)Prescriptivist.

Thanks in advance,

Last edited by zoobinshid; 05-Oct-2005 at 15:27.

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1)Descriptivist.
2)Prescriptivist.

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