Complex sentence: A fully explicit grammar that exhaustively describes the grammatical constructions of a language is called a descriptive grammar, this kind of linguistic description contrasts with linguistic prescription, an attempt to discourage or suppress some grammatical constructions, while promoting others.
Split into simpler sentences: A fully explicit grammar that exhaustively describes the grammatical constructions of a language is called a descriptive grammar. This kind of linguistic description contrasts with linguistic prescription, an attempt to discourage or suppress some grammatical constructions, while promoting others.