What does prescriptivistic mean?
Prescriptivistic means Synonym of prescriptivist..
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Synonym of prescriptivist..
Perhaps once more the somewhat prescriptivistic nature of most grammars of the time accounts for the reluctance to regulate language choice suggested by Heath and Mandabach.
For a few verbs, continued wavering between past participles is reflected in Fabra’s prescriptivistic Gràmatica catalana (1969).
The point here is not that Moore did not recognize the essentially prescriptive character of moral language—as it was maintained by Hare—but, more likely, that we are facing two entirely different conceptions and definitions of ethics: one is prescriptivistic and the other one is not.
Use prescriptivistic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prescriptivistic means Synonym of prescriptivist..
Common synonyms include prescriptivist.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Perhaps once more the somewhat prescriptivistic nature of most grammars of the time accounts for the reluctance to regulate language choice suggested by Heath and Mandabach.
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