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Lexicographers often see their dictionary work as purely what?

APrescriptive
BPoetic
CDescriptive
DEtymological
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Descriptive
1. Lexicographers often regard their work as purely descriptive. 2. Yet dictionaries are widely treated as prescriptive authorities. 3. Prescriptive is the public view, not the lexicographers' own view; poetic and etymological do not fit. _Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic prescription, Dictionaries_
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