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Anonymous, 138 days ago
Sorry.

 

138 - prescriptivist (then 166 in the plural)

72 - prescriptivism

639 - prescriptive

110 - prescribe (though some are uses outside grammar referencing)

Anonymous, 138 days ago
SPOGG

 

"The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar is for pen-toters appalled by wanton displays of Bad English. . . . SPOGG is for people who crave good, clean English — sentences cast well and punctuated correctly. It’s about clarity."

 

Do they have any influence? Do we need 'em?

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Anonymous, 138 days ago
6776 - rules

7393 - rule

 

Can we assume that most of the questioners of this forum are laymen when it comes to grammar and usage? And can we say that when laymen talk about linguistic rules, they usually mean prescriptive rules?

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