Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Descriptive and Prescriptive Claims
Epstein states that a descriptive claim is a claim that says what it is while prescriptive is a claim that says what it should be. For example, prescriptive claim: Sally should not drive drunk. descriptive claim: People driving drunk will lead to DUI's. This is valued judgment because the law states that there are some things that we should not be doing but in other cases, people don't listen, and they either get put in jail for it, or they end in a tragic car accident. I think its best if people use descriptive writing because not only is it short and concise, but also it can help people stop going on and on about one sentence. If it is short and concise, people will understand your reading more and they will probably like it because it is easy to understand.
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ReplyDeleteI really appreciated your examples that you had used for this blog. They really helped make the definitions of descriptive and prescriptive claims clearer and easier to understand. I agree with you; I believe that if everyone uses descriptive writing in their everyday lives it not only helps regulate conversation, but it can also make everything so much clearer. Instead of having to constantly either elaborate on a topic being discussed or talking in circles trying to make things clearer, everyone should just take the right step towards starting the conversation off correctly and use descriptive writing and speech.