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descriptive grammar

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Noun1.descriptive grammar - a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics
linguistics - the scientific study of language
grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)


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However, this view would seem to require a modification in the evaluation of the whom + stranded preposition construction from the perspective of descriptive grammar as represented by the CGEL.
Non-stranded preposition + relative who(m): syntactic discussion and ... by Breul, Carsten / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
At risk to descriptive grammar is ambiguity, to prescriptive grammar pedantry.
The four basic principles of grammar by Kratzke, Peter / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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