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describing precisely what must happen, especially by giving an instruction/rule

prescriptive, normative(adj)

pertaining to giving directives or rules

"prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation

even in this age of e-mail the prescriptive response to a wedding gift is a handwritten thank-you note

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