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In natural English speech, "prescriptive" appears in contexts such as: "uh the good things about Italian cuisine is not that is not completely prescriptive so it's it's more it's more for example in Italy we use the book in a different way it's more inspirational than not that you really follow so you you see a recipes in which". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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uh the good things about Italian cuisine is not that is not completely

prescriptive so it's it's more it's more for example in Italy we use the

book in a different way it's more inspirational than not that you really follow so you you see a recipes in which

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adjective

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

“For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com- munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken language). [...]”

Synonyms:normative

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