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Early 20th century prescriptivists are sometimes known as 'verbal hygienists' because of their desire to 'clean up' English. 1. Describe and explain some examples of grammatical features that some prescriptivists condemned 2. Add some present day examples including other language features which people complain about 3. Give your views about these attitudes Prescriptivism is an approach to the study of language that favours rules identifying correct and incorrect language use. Prescriptivists are people, who set out rules for what is regarded as correct language use, especially in grammar. Prescriptivism can also include arbitrary declarations of what particular individuals consider to be good taste, and if these tastes are conservative, prescription may be resistant to natural language evolution. The main aims of prescriptivism are to define standardised language forms either generally or for specific purposes. Prescription can apply to most aspects of language: to spelling, grammar, semantics, pronunciation and register. This is why prescriptivists are...

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