Date sent: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:42:10 -0400 To: virus@lucifer.com From: amir <tinkerer@tinkerers-workshop.com> Subject: Re: virus: pop quiz #14 Send reply to: virus@lucifer.com
> >Prescriptive is to Descriptive as Normative is to __________?
>
> "perspective" and "colloquial"
>
> Prescriptiveness is dependant on the normative. Descriptiveness is
> dependant on the perspective.
>
> Prescriptive grammar is based on the normative usage. Descriptive grammar
> is therefore based on the colloquial usage.
>
> comments please!
> ~amir~
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Actual.