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Old 04-14-2009, 04:13 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
Unless, of course, it is a French dictionary. In that case, it is -- represents, actually -- an aribter of correct usage. They have an "Academie Francais..." that is responsible for maintaining the 'purity' of the French language. So French dictionaries are proscriptive, not descriptive!

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That particular French dictionary is prescriptive (not "proscriptive", by the way - that means something entirely different!). There are others which are descriptive.
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