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    There are two approaches to teaching grammar: the prescriptive approach looks at rules first and then examines exceptions in practice, while the descriptive approach looks at educated usage first and formulates rules inductively as generalizations of data rather than rigid prescriptions.

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    There are two approaches to teaching grammar: the prescriptive approach looks at rules first and then examines exceptions in practice, while the descriptive approach looks at educated usage first and formulates rules inductively as generalizations of data rather than rigid prescriptions.

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    There are two approaches to teaching grammar: the prescriptive approach looks at rules first and then examines exceptions in practice, while the descriptive approach looks at educated usage first and formulates rules inductively as generalizations of data rather than rigid prescriptions.

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    Approach to Teach Grammar

    Prescriptive Approach

    Descriptive Approach

    looks at the rule first and then examines the rule in practice, which essentially a deductive approach.

    the biggest problem is that there are many exceptions to the rule. These do not invalidate the rule, but they do make effective language use difficult.

    looks at how the language is used by educated, native speakers and writers, and then formulates a rule from that usage- a more inductive approach

    grammar is simply a set of rules. These rules generalizations or statements about gathered data.

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