prescriptive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Giving firm rules or instructions about how something should be done.

   Prescriptive grammar tells people which forms are considered correct.

Common collocations

• prescriptive grammar Adjective + noun

From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.

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