Descriptive grammar is an attempt to give an account of what the current system is for either a society or an individual, whatever you happen to be studying. (Noam Chomsky)

Descriptive grammar is an attempt to give an account of what the current system is for either a society or an individual, whatever you happen to be studying.

Noam Chomsky

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