prescriptive

Definitions

Prescriptive language writes rules in advance: it tells people what they should do or say.

Common Collocations

• 1.prescriptive grammar规范语法
• 2.prescriptive approach规定性方法
• 3.[prescriptive rules]硬性规定
• 4.overly prescriptive过于死板

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The manual is prescriptive about every step.

Easily Confused

Prescriptive tells people what should be done; descriptive reports what people actually do.