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What Dr. Johnson had done for the vocabulary was attempted for the syntax by the grammarians of the eighteenth century. Books on English grammar had begun to appear in the sixteenth century. In the seventeenth, they were compiled by even such authors as Ben Jonson and Milton. Only in the 18th century was English grammar viewed as a subject deserving of study in itself. Keeping these facts in view, write a comprehensive note on the beginnings and problems of Prescriptive Grammar in the 18th century.

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Prescription is the formulation of normative rules for language use. This article discusses the history of prescription in English. For a more general discussion, see linguistic prescription. is ur answer mate hope you like it