In our own time, the opposition between 'descriptivists' and 'prescriptivists' has often become extreme, with both sides painting unreal pictures of the other.

在我们这个时代，“描写主义者”和“规定主义者”之间的对立常常变得极端，双方都在描绘对方不真实的一面。

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But how long before these constructions that make prescriptivists cringe are considered proper usage?

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These books, by demonstrating how language changes all the time, brought about some concessions on the part of the prescriptivists, notably the makers of the A.H.

NEWYORKER: The English Wars