Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist. Descriptivist is, language gets defined by its users rather than rules. As soon as you set a rule, you’re a prescriptivist.
Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist
Yes, and saying people should say things so that other people understand them isn’t. I’m saying people should say thing so that other people understand them.
I think you need to do some more research. Nothing I said was prescriptivist.
Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist. Descriptivist is, language gets defined by its users rather than rules. As soon as you set a rule, you’re a prescriptivist.
Yes, and saying people should say things so that other people understand them isn’t. I’m saying people should say thing so that other people understand them.