The process is both descriptive and prescriptive.

这个过程既是描述性，也是规性。

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

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.

相信良好语法本质上是规性。

Which ones are prescriptive and which ones should you ignore?

哪些是规性，哪些应该忽略？

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

在我写作中，我更愿意描述性，而不是规性。

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.

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

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

这是一个真实数据，是观察性而不是规性。

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

现在就学生如何使用这项技术制规性政策还为时过早。

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

她抛出挑衅性问题， 并且不会变得过于规范——这是一本好书标志。

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

现在，我们一直在谈论角色，就好像它们是规性，或者它们完了我们行为。

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

例如，一个规性语法学家可能会说，" 不要使用双重否，因为它是不合逻辑。"

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

规性过程就好比向迈克尔·菲尔普斯这样专业人士请教游泳技巧，然后把他说付诸实践。

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，写作过程也是规性，或者说是专家们认为行之有效、你可以信赖模式。

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

这些作品中大多数， 尤其是劳斯作品， 都非常规范， 毫不含糊地陈述了使用英语“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.

他们规了词语常规用法，却没有记录日常生活中人们实际上是如何使用这些词语。

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.

只是描述性数据已经不够了，技术开始发展，现在有了更多预测性，算法在理想情况下随着时间推移会进行规范预测。

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：这本书一个重要规是我称之为“生活分层” 东西——你生命中每十年， 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， 正如宇宙存在基本法则一样，也有绝对正确英语书写方式。

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？ 我给你描述过了。 ESL 词典是描述性， 我在描述？对吗？ 所以你首先应该知道是， 你字典是说明性还是描述性？

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， 如果你遇到最好想法获胜情况，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。