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 ...

At the same time I began working at The Daily last fall, I also began to attend the class English 305: Exploring the English Language. There I met a professor and linguist named Anne Curzan, who ...

There is no right or wrong in Descriptive Grammar. 2. Prescriptive Grammar- It also refers to the language structure (same as descriptive) but the only difference is that it is based on how the ...

The Perennial Difficulty of Defining What ‘Descriptive’ Means in Grammar By Geoffrey K. Pullum August 26, 2018 ... To continue reading for FREE, please sign in.