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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: prescriptive v. descriptive #33711 06/26/01 08:13 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Descriptive grammarians are lax in their duties if they do not give a hint about the impression you are going to leave with a given usage. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted prescriptive v. descriptive tsuwm 06/26/01 07:08 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Faldage 06/26/01 07:14 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive tsuwm 06/26/01 07:22 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive wwh 06/26/01 08:25 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Anonymous 06/26/01 08:28 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive tsuwm 06/26/01 08:30 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive wwh 06/26/01 08:36 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive of troy 06/26/01 08:34 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive tsuwm 06/26/01 08:37 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive of troy 06/26/01 08:39 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive tsuwm 06/26/01 08:42 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive of troy 06/26/01 08:49 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Faldage 06/27/01 11:23 AM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Alex Williams 06/27/01 11:39 AM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive maverick 06/27/01 11:55 AM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Faldage 06/27/01 12:47 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Jackie 06/27/01 12:50 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive jimthedog 06/27/01 01:01 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive rodward 06/28/01 08:22 AM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Anonymous 06/26/01 08:56 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Alex Williams 06/27/01 09:57 AM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive NicholasW 06/27/01 11:00 AM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Bean 06/27/01 11:06 AM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Sparteye 06/27/01 01:30 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive of troy 06/27/01 02:13 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive wow 06/27/01 02:50 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive of troy 06/27/01 03:15 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Marianna 06/27/01 05:21 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Brandon 06/26/01 08:04 PM Re: prescriptive v. descriptive Faldage 06/26/01 08:13 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,917 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 795 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,910 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,948 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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