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While discussing her plans for the week, Jenny produces the following utterance: 'I am planning to watch a movie with Joon, but he is always so late! I asked him about it once and [he was like "I didn't sleep until 5 am"]. ' Does the bracketed utterance break a descriptive rule or a prescriptive rule in English?

Name: while discussing her plans for the week jenny produces the following utterance i am planning to watch a movie with joon but he is always so late i asked him about it once and he was like i d 33407
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Description: while discussing her plans for the week jenny produces the following utterance i am planning to watch a movie with joon but he is always so late i asked him about it once and he was like i d 33407

          While discussing her plans for the week, Jenny produces the following utterance:
'I am planning to watch a movie with Joon, but he is always so late! I asked him about it once and [he was like "I didn't sleep until 5 am"]. '
Does the bracketed utterance break a descriptive rule or a prescriptive rule in English?

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While discussing her plans for the week, Jenny produces the following utterance: 'I am planning to watch a movie with Joon, but he is always so late! I asked him about it once and [he was like "I didn't sleep until 5 am"]. ' Does the bracketed utterance break a descriptive rule or a prescriptive rule in English?