There has been a blurring of the sharp distinction between descriptivism and prescriptivism in the writings of grammarians and lexicographers. 在文法学者和词典编纂者的作品中，描述主义和规约主义之间的界限开始模糊了。This "descriptive" approach to standard English raised the hackles of prescriptivists, who believed in established rules and a hierarchy of expression. 这一“描述主义”手法让规约主义者感到恼怒，他们相信已确立的规则和表述的等级。