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    The document contrasts prescriptive and descriptive grammar through a series of examples. Prescriptive grammar refers to rules about how language should be used, while descriptive grammar describes how language is actually used. The examples demonstrate how the same scenarios or statements could be expressed through either a prescriptive or descriptive lens.

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    The document contrasts prescriptive and descriptive grammar through a series of examples. Prescriptive grammar refers to rules about how language should be used, while descriptive grammar describes how language is actually used. The examples demonstrate how the same scenarios or statements could be expressed through either a prescriptive or descriptive lens.

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    Prescriptive &

    Descriptive
    Grammar
    Prescriptive or Descriptive?
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive?

    I ain't goin
    g
    nowhere.
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive?

    I ain't goin
    g
    nowhere

    Descriptive
    Prescriptive

    I am not
    going to g
    o
    anywhere.
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive?

    I ain't goin
    g
    nowhere
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive?

    Who are yo
    u
    talking to
    ?
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive?

    Who are yo
    u
    talking to
    ?

    Descriptive
    Prescriptive

    To Whom ar
    e
    you
    speaking?
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive?
    I asked him
    what he
    thought, a
    nd
    he said, 'I
    don't care
    .
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive?
    I asked him
    what he
    thought, a
    nd
    he said, 'I
    don't care
    . Prescriptive
    Descriptive

    I asked him
    what he
    thought, a
    nd
    he goes, 'I
    don't care
    .
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive

    We're pret
    ty
    good
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive

    We're pret
    ty
    good

    Descriptive
    we are doi
    ng
    well.

    Prescriptive
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive

    what did y
    ou
    think abou
    t
    the snack
    s?
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive

    what did y
    ou
    think abou
    t
    the snack
    s?

    Prescriptive
    Prescriptive or
    Descriptive

    How'd you
    like those
    snacks?

    Descriptive
    Activity
    Read each items carefully. Write P if the sentence is
    Prescriptive and D if it is Descriptive. Copy and Answer.

    1. You are making fewer monies than I am.


    2. Visit me and see the new house.
    3. He graduated Harvard University.
    4. To Whom did you give the candy bar?
    5. The meeting was held by the university.

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