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Descriptive versus PrescriptiveGrammar

Presented by :

Shamala

Tan Eik TerZulkarnain

Saranya

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DESCRIPTIVE VS.PRESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR

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DEFINITION

DescriptiveGrammar

structure ! a lan"ua"eas it is actually used byspeakers and #riters$

#hat speakers say% and#hen% #hy and h#

they say it in #rittenand spken !rm$

PrescriptiveGrammar set ! rules and e&amples

dealin" #ith the synta& and#rd structures ! a lan"ua"e%usually intended as an aid tthe learnin" ! that lan"ua"e$'#hether t say it r nt(

structure ! a lan"ua"e as

certain peple think it shouldbe used$

prescribe the rules ! alan"ua"e$

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E)PE*TS

DescriptiveGrammar

Linguists

-study the rules rpatterns thatunderlie ur use !#rds% phrases%

clauses% andsentences$

PrescriptiveGrammar prescriptive

"rammarians 'suchas mst editrs andteachers(

+layut rules abut#hat they believe t

be the ,crrect- r,incrrect- use !lan"ua"e$

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E)./P0ESDescriptiveGrammar

Sme En"lish speakers end a

sentence #ith a prepsitin +2h d yu #ant t speak t3

Sme En"lish speakers useduble ne"atives !r ne"atin

+I dn4t have nthin"$

.d5ectives precede the nunsthey mdi!y

+red bk% nice "uy

T !rm the plural ! a nun%add -s

-6 rm% 7 rms8 6 bk% 7

bks

Prescriptive Grammar

The sub5ect ! a sentence

must a"ree #ith the verb +The instructins are clear$

9se much!r cunt nuns$9se many!r nn+cunt nuns

+2e dn4t

have much cee and #edn4t have many cups !cee$

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