Descriptive (definition)
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Descriptive rules, principles and constraints, are formal tools used by linguists to describe how native speakers of a language actually speak. They are contrasted with prescriptive rules which tell people how they should speak.
See Also
External Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescriptive
