Lexicographers, on the other hand, claim their expertise as descriptive—i.e., documenting how grammar is diverse and changing in society, even when it deviates from what grammarians might find ...

As Leder explains, prescriptive lexicographers lay down rules as to how words should be spelled and used; how sentences should be constructed; what constitutes ``proper'' English.

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There are two kinds of grammarians, prescriptive and descriptive, he writes. The prescriptive kind, mostly rank amateurs like me, try to tell people how they ought to use the language.