Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 06, 2006 02:53 PM
"It is only natural then that my wrangling criticism of industry-speak, in both technical and literary modes, is informed by ingrained linguistic sensibilities, descriptive and proscriptive."
Your failure to understand his intent has no bearing upon the fact that he used his words correctly.
de·scrip·tive: Concerned with classification or description.
pro·scribe: To denounce or condemn.
Pro`scrip´tive: Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.
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Re:Proscriptivist?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 06, 2006 02:53 PMYour failure to understand his intent has no bearing upon the fact that he used his words correctly.
de·scrip·tive: Concerned with classification or description.
pro·scribe: To denounce or condemn.
Pro`scrip´tive: Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.
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