Such prescriptivism dates from ancient Egypt, where bureaucrats preserved the spelling of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt into the Ptolemaic period through the standard usage of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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So whereabouts on the Defcon scale of prescriptivism would someone have to be to consider it actually incorrect to put a full stop after'champion'in my example?
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The work has received some negative attention from linguists and educators, who view the prescriptivism celebrated in the song as scientifically ill-informed, arbitrary, and encouraging of unnecessary and damaging social distinctions.
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It is however different from the cognitivist supernaturalism which interprets morality as subjective will of god, while prescriptivism claims that moral rules are universal and can be found by reason alone without reference to a god.
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A tendency towards prescriptivism in the computer enthusiast community, combined with the growing awareness that " viri " and " virii " are not etymologically supported plural forms, also played a part.
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Since prescriptivism was introduced by philosopher R . M . Hare in his 1952 book " The Language of Morals ", it has been compared to emotivism and to the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant.
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It stands in opposition to other forms of non-cognitivism ( such as quasi-realism and universal prescriptivism ), as well as to all forms of cognitivism ( including both moral realism and ethical subjectivism ).
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Quasi-realism stands in opposition to other forms of non-cognitivism ( such as emotivism and universal prescriptivism ), as well as to all forms of cognitivism ( including both moral realism and ethical subjectivism ).
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However, within the language of Internet slang, there is still an element of prescriptivism, as seen in style guides, for example " Wired Style ", which are specifically aimed at usage on the Internet.
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In addition to the theories of moral realism, moral universalism includes other cognitivist moral theories, such as the subjectivist ideal observer theory and the divine command theory, and also the non-cognitivist moral theory of universal prescriptivism.