But while the debate between prescriptivism and descriptivism continues, the two are not mutually exclusive.

尽管描写主义和规定主义之间的争论会一直持续下去，但它们二者之间并不是互相排斥的。

One is prescriptivism, one is descriptivism.

一种是规定主义，一种是描述主义。

At its best, prescriptivism is useful for informing people about the most common established patterns at a given point in time.

规定主义可以在某个特定的时间点告诉人们最为通用的确定模式。

The wording is even different for prescriptivism and prescriptivists, because here we're looking at people, here we're looking at the idea or the view.

规范主义和规定主义者的措词有所不同，因为在这里我们看到的是人，这里我们看到的是想法或观点。

And while any language needs consistent patterns to function, the study of these patterns opens up an ongoing debate between two positions known as prescriptivism and descriptivism.

尽管所有语言都得按照一套固定的规则来，但有两方观点在这些规则的研究上始终争论不休即规定主义和描写主义。

And I see prescriptivism, which is similar to one of our words here H. prescriptivists, is the view that one variety of language has an inherently higher value than others.

而我看到了规范主义，这个词跟我们的 H. 语法学家类似，指的是某种语言的固有价值高于其他语言的观点。

And this says in its most general sense, prescriptivism is the view that one variety of language has an inherently higher value than others and that this ought to be imposed on the whole of the speech community.

而这里说，普遍来说，规范主义指的是某种语言的固有价值高于其他语言的观点而这应该强加给整个语言社区。

A refreshing exception to such prescriptivism was the " Rudiments of English Grammar" by the scientist and polymath Joseph Priestley, which was unusual in expressing the view that grammar is defined by common usage and not prescribed by self-styled grammarians.

这种规定主义的一个令人耳目一新的例外是科学家兼博学家约瑟夫·普里斯特利 (Joseph Priestley) 的“英语语法基础”，它在表达语法是由普通用法定义的观点而不是由自封的语法学家规定的观点时不同寻常。