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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: A question of prescriptive grammar #116047 11/18/03 02:18 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky To be a real descriptivist one must describe what is used. Prescriptivists can just say that something is wrong and then ignore it, but a descriptivist has to say what the rules are and to whom they apply. So what does a predescriptivist do? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A question of prescriptive grammar Faldage 11/15/03 05:28 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar wwh 11/15/03 05:35 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Faldage 11/15/03 05:52 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Wordwind 11/15/03 06:01 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar maahey 11/15/03 06:08 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Wordwind 11/15/03 06:33 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Jackie 11/17/03 06:24 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Faldage 11/17/03 08:54 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Jackie 11/18/03 02:18 AM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Capfka 11/19/03 10:01 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar dellfarmer 11/20/03 01:07 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Jackie 11/20/03 05:02 PM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar Zed 11/26/03 12:32 AM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar dxb 11/26/03 11:26 AM Re: A question of prescriptive grammar WhitmanO'Neill 11/26/03 12:53 PM Re: How y'all doin' Faldage 11/26/03 01:47 PM Re: How y'all doin' Jackie 11/26/03 02:07 PM Re: How y'all doin' Faldage 11/26/03 02:21 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,315 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 253 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,532 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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