Nah, it’s the wrong tool for that. Eventually both goals (to register and dictate usage) enter in conflict, so you end doing a sloppy job at one or both.
Plus a lot of prescriptions are that sort of silly “muh tradishun” thing; it’s only there to reinforce oppression - because rich people, unlike poor people, have the luxury to spend their time learning older varieties of their language, instead of working to their bones. And the exceptions (e.g. prescribing against slurs) are easy to handle through guides.
Nah, it’s the wrong tool for that. Eventually both goals (to register and dictate usage) enter in conflict, so you end doing a sloppy job at one or both.
Plus a lot of prescriptions are that sort of silly “muh tradishun” thing; it’s only there to reinforce oppression - because rich people, unlike poor people, have the luxury to spend their time learning older varieties of their language, instead of working to their bones. And the exceptions (e.g. prescribing against slurs) are easy to handle through guides.