"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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John Mazor writes:

There are both types because some take a prescriptive approach.

Prescriptive grammars and dictionaries are primarily intended for
schoolchildren and foreign-speaking students of the language.

Nonsense. Many of them are considered major, authoritative sources. Adult
English-speaking writers use them all the time. I know many who do just that.

But even if you were correct, you've now admitted that your original claim was wrong.

BTW, English teachers know the difference between "then" and "than".

And how to spell _terminology_, too, if keeping score is important to you.

It's not. But you're the one who claims to be a teacher of the language.