descriptive grammar

descriptive grammar

 
noun
1.
an approach to grammar that is concerned with reporting the usage of native speakers without reference to proposed norms of correctness or advocacy of rules based on such norms.
2.
a set of grammatical descriptions based on such an approach.
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descriptive grammar

noun
a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics 
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