Lexicographers, on the other hand, claim their expertise as descriptive—i.e., documenting how grammar is diverse and changing in society, even when it deviates from what grammarians might find ...

There is no right or wrong in Descriptive Grammar. 2. Prescriptive Grammar-It also refers to the language structure (same as descriptive) but the only difference is that it is based on how the ...

This picture shows the importance that some professors and student put on grammar. Photo courtesy of zazzle.com. I like grammar. I’m not saying I’m a grammar-Nazi, but I enjoy learning about the ...

Your grammar is defining them as thereby getting something wrong. That too is prescriptive. Response to Objection 4 : But without an account of the normal practice in the dialect that I describe ...

The prescriptive kind, mostly rank amateurs like me, try to tell people how they ought to use the language. The descriptive kind confine themselves to describing and systematizing how folks ...