But while the debate between prescriptivism and descriptivism continues, the two are not mutually exclusive.

尽管描写主义和规定主义之间的争论会一直持续下去，但它们二者之间并不是互相排斥的。

The linguistic approach that tries to understand and map such differences without dictating correct ones is known as descriptivism.

尝试去理解和比对语法上的这些差异却不定义对错的语言学方法被称为描写主义。

One is prescriptivism, one is descriptivism.

一种是规定主义，一种是描述主义。

And while any language needs consistent patterns to function, the study of these patterns opens up an ongoing debate between two positions known as prescriptivism and descriptivism.

尽管所有语言都得按照一套固定的规则来，但有两方观点在这些规则的研究上始终争论不休即规定主义和描写主义。