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BRAHIM S
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There is a lot of literature on descriptive vs prescriptive grammar on the internet, just google the two concepts and things will be made clearer |
22 Jan 2009
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marciadnr
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Never forget that there are people who speak their own language badly/wrongly/incorrectly. Being a native (in real life or in a film) does not implicitly mean that you know the lg and use it appropriately; it just means you can communicate according to social status, educational levels, lg levels/accents/dialects/etc. And films do tend to show differences amongst lg users. |
22 Jan 2009
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alien boy
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To say a speaker speaks badly/wrongly/incorrectly is a prescriptive approach. When you use descriptive approaches there is no such thing as badly/wrongly/incorrectly. These are subjective judgements, based on the prescriptive rules applied.
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22 Jan 2009
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