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Old 18-Mar-2005, 07:14
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Compare and contrast descriptive grammar and prescriptive grammar?
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Old 18-Mar-2005, 07:43
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hum..I really must brush up on my linguistics courses at University... . If I rememeber well, 'descriptive grammar' basically refers to how people talk (grammar in use) whereas 'prescriptive grammar' has to do with how people should talk (grammar usage).

Basically, something like this...
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Old 19-Mar-2005, 02:56
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You're right:
Descriptive grammar
Prescriptive grammar

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