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French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.
Since World War I, there have been many changes in borders between nations, detailed below. For information on border changes from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to 1914, see the list of national border changes (1815–1914). Cases are only listed where there have been changes in borders, not necessarily including changes in ownership of a ...
The changes sometimes appear drastic, since it is sometimes the case that the former romanisations were derived from Cantonese—the common language in British-held Hong Kong—while the newer romanisations are derived entirely from Mandarin. However, the pronunciation in Mandarin has mostly stayed the same both before and after the change.
The borrowing of connoisseur into English predates this change; the modern French spelling is connaisseur. étois → étais (was) The spelling of some plural words whose singular form ended in D and T was modified to reinsert this mute consonant, so as to bring the plural in morphological alignment with the singular.
The Law as published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française. The Toubon Law (full name: law 94-665 of 4 August 1994 relating to usage of the French language) is a French law mandating the use of the French language in official government publications, in all advertisements, in all workplaces, in commercial contracts, in some other commercial communication contexts, in all ...
Since the beginning of the French Fifth Republic, revisions have been adopted without using section 89. The Constitutional Act of 4 June, 1960 was adopted by a parliamentary vote according to the original article 85 of the Constitution, which involved the Senate of the Community.
Article 86 has become obsolete for the same reason, and has been removed. Two other reforms expanding the referendum succeeded: one in 2003, which establishes the local referendum (including Article 72-1); the other, Article 88-5, in 2005 which forced the use of referendum to ratify any new concession to the European Union.
27 January – It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis. 25 May – Legislative Election held. 1 June – Legislative Election held. 31 August – Diana, Princess of Wales is killed in a car crash in Paris. [1] 3 November – In France, striking truck drivers blockade ports during a pay ...