Sentence examples for when prescriptive from inspiring English sources

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In 1862, when prescriptive grammar ruled, Thoreau wrote: "When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly … I think – Any fool can make a rule And every fool will mind it".

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But the danger is when data becomes prescriptive, because that fails to acknowledge what influences trends.

The weakest part of "War, Guns, and Votes" occurs when Collier turns prescriptive.

But the concern with audiences has also given rise to the accusation that commissioners are too prescriptive when they are looking for new drama.

Ofcom is careful not to be prescriptive when it comes to exactly what technology winning bidders will implement on their spectrum.

Extensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world datasets demonstrate that our approach is both computationally effective and accurate when employed for prescriptive analytics.

Unfortunately, the fire load is highly uncertain, which in turn undermine the cost effectiveness and reliability of the fire safety design of a whole structure when using the prescriptive-based fire safety design.

We want people to look and feel, but not be prescriptive about when to do it".

The times I have screwed up and my team has screwed up is when we have been prescriptive.

Lucy Prebble responds: As a critic, Michael Billington has an unusually parental quality, often urging artists to do better in a way that can seem prescriptive; but when it is rallied in your defence, it is something quite touching and fierce.

The challenge for Venio, and for anyone attempting to provide a product that acts as a prescriptive tool when it comes to personal health, is not only to get users, but to get them coming back.

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