Alright, in any case, we can rest assured that 11 is A. descriptivists.

好的，在任何情况下，我们都可以确信第十一题选 A. 描述主义者。

Also, if I look here at this first sentence, you see descriptivists and prescriptivists.

还有，如果我看到这里的第一句，你会看到描述主义者和规范主义者。

So all dictionaries are descriptivist and prescriptivist.

所以所有的词典都是描述主义的和规定主义的。

Dictionaries exist on more of the descriptivist end of the spectrum.

字典更多地存在于描述主义的一端。

Now this could be a specific group of people because it is the view of perhaps descriptivists or experts or linguists.

它可能指的是某些特定人群，因为它可能是语法学家或专家或语言学家的观点。

So if we take this word describe, look in our table for something that has the same root, we would be called to letter A. descriptivists.

所以如果我们选出描述这个词，我们在方框中寻找它的同根词，我们会看到字母 A. 描述主义者。

Grossly simplified, prescriptivists think a given language should follow consistent rules, while descriptivists see variation and adaptation as a natural and necessary part of language.

简单来说，规定主义认为一门既定的语言要遵循固定的规则，而描写主义则认为变化和调整是语言正常且必要的一部分。

Conversely, the view of descriptivists such as Joseph Priestley is that grammar should be based on popular speech or here the custom of speaking.

相反地，像约瑟夫·普里斯特利这样的描述主义者认为语法应该基于通俗语言或者这里的说话习惯。

So for example, in our passage and for our question, we had to write letters A through I and so you have to write those letters, not the actual word like descriptivists.

例如，在我们的文章和题目中，我们要写字母 A 到 I，而你要写这些字母，而不是具体的单词，例如语法学家。