The process is both descriptive and prescriptive.

这个过程既是描述性的，也是规定性的。

But being too prescriptive about what they should say risks making the entire exercise look insincere.

但是对于他们应该说什么管得太严冒险地让整个活动看起来不真诚。

Believing in good grammar is inherently prescriptive.

相信良好的语法本质上是规定性的。

Which ones are prescriptive and which ones should you ignore?

哪些是规定性的，哪些应该忽略？

And in my writing, I'm much more comfortable being descriptive, not prescriptive.

的写作中，更愿意描述性，而不是规定性。

But it is a true piece of data that's observational and not prescriptive.

但这是一个真实的数据，是观察性的而不是规定性的。

My first insight is that this data is descriptive, not prescriptive; it's a representation of how things are but not how they should be.

的第一个见解是，这些是描述性数据，而不是规范性数据；它代表了事物的现状，而不是它们应该是怎样。

It's too early to institute prescriptive policies about how students can use the tech.

现就学生如何使用这制定规定性政策还为时过早。

She throws out provocative questions and does not become too prescriptive — the mark of a good book.

她抛出挑衅性的问题， 并且不会变得过于规范——这是一本好书的标志。

Now, we've been talking about roles as though they’re prescriptive, or that they totally determine our behavior.

现，们一直谈论角色，就好像它们是规定性的，或者它们完全决定了们的行为。

For example, a prescriptive grammarian might say, " Don't use a double negative because it is illogical" .

例如，一个规定性语法学家可能会说，" 不要使用双重否定，因为它是不合逻辑的。"

A prescriptive process is like asking a pro like Michael Phelps for swimming advice and then putting into practice what he says.

规定性过程就好比向迈克尔·菲尔普斯这样的专业人士请教游泳巧，然后把他说的付诸实践。

At the same time, the Writing Process is prescriptive, or a model that experts say will work and that you can count on.

同时，写作过程也是规定性的，或者说是专家们认为行之有效、你可以信赖的模式。

Most of these works, Lowth's in particular, were extremely prescriptive, stating in no uncertain terms the " correct" way of using English.

这些作品中的大多数， 尤其是劳斯的作品， 都非常规范， 毫不含糊地陈述了使用英语的“正确” 方式。

Most dictionaries in Webster's time were prescriptive: they dictated how words should be used, rather than documenting the way people actually used language in daily life.

他们规定了词语的常规用法，但却没有记录日常生活中人们实际上是如何使用这些词语的。

Just descriptive data, but that evolution has really started to, you know, really change now with more predictive, you know, algorithms, and ideally over time to prescriptive outlook.

只是描述性的数据已经不够了，开始发展，现有了更多的预测性，算法理想情况下随着时间的推移会进行规范的预测。

One of the big prescriptives of the book is something I call " life layering" - each decade of your life, add another layer of interest.

答：这本书的一个重要规定是称之为“生活分层” 的东西——你生命中的每十年， 增加另一层兴趣。

Prescriptive grammarians took hold and told school children that just as there're fundamental laws of the universe, there is a definitively correct way to write English.

规范性语法学家告诉学生， 正如宇宙存基本法则一样，也有绝对正确的英语书写方式。

I'm describing? It's Mr. E. Right? I described it to you. An ESL dictionary is descriptive, right? So the first thing you should know is, is your dictionary prescriptive or descriptive?

是 E 先生， 对吧？ 给你描述过了。 ESL 词典是描述性的， 描述？对吗？ 所以你首先应该知道的是， 你的字典是说明性的还是描述性的？

Because it's like, if you have a situation where the best idea wins, you will get magic out of people that you would never get if you tried to be prescriptive.

因为这就像， 如果你遇到最好的想法获胜的情况，你就会从人们身上获得魔力， 而如果你试图遵循规范， 你永远不会获得这种魔力。