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Example sentences for: prescriptive

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Although according to current prescriptive grammar, animals, especially of unknown sex, should be referred to as it , they practically never are in standard spoken English.
Unfortunately, that leads to inconsistencies, for dictionaries report what they find and are not intended as sources of prescriptive decisions.
In discussing the third edition of Merriam-Webster's New International Dictionary (MW-III), Green describes one of its main advances as a general move away from America's traditional prescriptive lexicography, towards a more descriptive, British style.
Nevertheless, regulations consistently focused more on defining the metes and bounds of the permissible than on prescriptive mandates, and their implementation was effected largely through the mechanism of “assurances”—commitments that institutions would faithfully safeguard the specified perimeters of acceptable conduct.
In addition, other revisions were made to make the final rule less prescriptive and to allow establishments greater flexibility in meeting the requirements.