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English, 26.02.2020 03:30 jtbrown0093

1. For each of the following statements:
i. Identify which ones are prescriptive and which are descriptive. Give an example of how each statement could be written the other way
ii. (that is, write the prescriptive ones as descriptive and the descriptive ones as prescriptive).

a. "It’s me" is ungrammatical; "it’s I" is the only correct way to express this idea.
b. "Ain’t" is often associated with lack of education and deemed to be ungrammatical by many speakers.
c. In casual styles of speaking, English speakers frequently end sentences with prepositions; ending sentences with prepositions is often avoided in formal styles, however. g

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