That insecurity can cause them to fall back on “prescriptive” grammar instruction, focused on drills and memorization.

If you’ve ever been docked a few points for using the word “ain’t,” that’s prescriptive grammar. And we all have lost some points for misspelled words.

Descriptive grammar seeks to simply convey a message. In Kenya today, most people have a preference for descriptive English grammar over the prescriptive for being non-restrictive.