grammar

[busra332]

I want an article about prescriptive and descritive grammar. Why is the prescriptive grammar or descritive grammar usefull ?

 

[druitaly]

There is a brief description about prescriptive and descriptive grammar on this site. Here's the link:
Prescriptive Grammars - Glossary Definition - UsingEnglish.com

You could try and do a research on google and see what you can find.

By the way, it's useful not usefull.

 

[riverkid]

I want an article about prescriptive and descritive grammar. Why is the prescriptive grammar or descritive grammar usefull ?

Here are a number of them, Busra. That should be more than enough to keep you busy for a while. If you have any questions feel free to raise them.

The Decline of Grammar
Do You Speak American . What Speech Do We Like Best? . Correct American . Decline | PBS

Gatekeeping: Barring the Gates of Language
Do You Speak American . What Speech Do We Like Best? . Correct American . Gatekeeping | PBS

Glide, Glode, Glidden: The Verb Machine
Do You Speak American . What Speech Do We Like Best? . Verb Machine | PBS

State of American: What is 'Correct' Language?
Do You Speak American . What Speech Do We Like Best? . Correct American . Prescriptivism | PBS

Talking with Mi Gente: The Distinctive Dialect of
Chicano English
Do You Speak American . Sea to Shining Sea . American Varieties . Chicano | PBS

Grammar Puss
http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/1994_01_24_thenewrepublic.html