Rules how a language is to be used.

Prohibitions Do not end a sentence with an

infinitive.
Normative aim to regulate.
Authorities dictionary publishers, editors,
teachers etc.

Description of the grammatical system

Constitutive rules (how the system is
structured) Example: In English, an article
precedes a noun.
Not what should be BUT what is: the whole
range of varieties.
No judgment is made

Anything goes? YES as linguists.

BUTnot imprecision or manipulation
(perhaps).
Bombs deployed?
I did not lie. It was disinformation
The army made an incursion.