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...Prescriptive versus descriptive grammars by jack lynch the grammar books you re used to are what linguists call that is they prescribe rules for proper usage several hundred years was synonymous with went a book get official word thou shalt not split infinitives end sentences prepositions this presumably why reading guide now find out s right and wrong today justly dubious about such things most spend their time on descriptions of how people really speak write instead should doing important work least arguing no language or dialect inherently better than any other ve done signal service in reminding us black english as legitimate queen speaking way jane austen writes doesn t make more righteous someone who uses y all also demonstrated many self styled experts know next nothing it studied professionals aren much informed history guides grievously ill fair enough sometimes though i enjoy picking fights those usually amateur try crowd prescription market altogether dumber ones leap from a...