Sentence examples similar to prescriptive speech from inspiring English sources
Though Mr. Obama did not stint on offering his solutions to the many problems he enumerated, Mrs. Clinton's speech was more prescriptive, especially on the economy.
We say "He kissed the bride," so we ask "Who kissed the bride?" We say "Henry kissed her," so we ask "Whom did Henry kiss?" But even after a century of nagging by prescriptive grammarians, the "who whom" distinction remains tenuous in speech and informal writing.
It did not begin to be criticized until the 19th century, and despite all the efforts of prescriptive grammarians it has remained very popular in speech.
This speech -- more rounded, more circumspect -- was only slightly defensive, still prescriptive and committed.
But with the fifth and most crucial panel, the Senate Finance Committee, still struggling for a bipartisan alternative, the president will most likely serve notice with Wednesday night's speech that he is taking the lead, with what aides call a "more prescriptive" legislative blueprint for Democrats to get behind.
This is different from America, where accounting principles are accompanied by thousands of pages of prescriptive regulatory guidance and interpretations from auditors and accounting groups, some of it gleaned from SEC speeches.
In his speech, with which he hopes to reclaim the health care debate, President Obama will be far more "prescriptive" in detailing what he wants in the final legislation, his aides indicate.
Those shows are prescriptive.
They're not prescriptive.
They're too prescriptive.
