Prescriptive Grammar VS
Descriptive Grammar

This week, let us take a look at the expressions based on
the classical prescriptive grammar and descriptive grammar in use.
PRESCRIPTIVE
GRAMMAR
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DESCRIPTIVE
GRAMMAR
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1. If I were….
2.
A: Do you mind if I …?
B: No, go ahead.
3. There’re a couple
of things to do.
4.
It’s a whole other story.
5. It’s I.
6. I lay down at the
beach and basked in the sun for hours yesterday.
7. Whom did you go to
the party with?
8. (at a grocery store)
If you have 10 items or fewer, use this checkout counter.
9. Tom got it free.
10.
Does anyone have some cash?
11.
They don’t have any.
12.
Could you speak a bit slowly?
13.
I couldn’t care less.
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ð If I was …
ð Sure/ Absolutely,
go ahead.
ð There’s a couple of
things to do.
ð It’s a whole nother
story.
ð It’s me.
ð I laid down at the
beach and basked in the sun for hours yesterday.
ð Who did you go to
the party with?
ð If you have 10 items
or less, use this checkout counter.
ð Anyone have some
cash?
ð They don’t have
none.
ð Could you speak a
bit slow?
ð I could care less.
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