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| − | Prescriptive Rules are designed to impose a correct usage of grammar for a language. | + | Prescriptive Rules are designed to impose a correct usage of grammar for a language. An example of a prescriptive rule is the prohibition of ending a sentence with a preposition. Prescriptive rules are contrasted with [[Descriptive (definition)|descriptive]] rules, which describes native speaker's actual usage. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescriptive | + | *http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/index.php?s=prescriptive |
| + | *http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schuh/lx001/Discussion/d10.html | ||
| + | *http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/grammar/main_files/grammar2.htm | ||
| + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescriptive | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:39, 15 June 2012
Prescriptive Rules are designed to impose a correct usage of grammar for a language. An example of a prescriptive rule is the prohibition of ending a sentence with a preposition. Prescriptive rules are contrasted with descriptive rules, which describes native speaker's actual usage.
See Also
External Links
- http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/index.php?s=prescriptive
- http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schuh/lx001/Discussion/d10.html
- http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/grammar/main_files/grammar2.htm
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
References
- Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
