>Prescriptive is to Descriptive as Normative is to __________?
"perspective" and "colloquial"
Prescriptiveness is dependant on the normative. Descriptiveness is
dependant on the perspective.
Prescriptive grammar is based on the normative usage. Descriptive grammar
is therefore based on the colloquial usage.
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