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(French: Qu'est-ce qu'une nation ?) [1] is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892) at the Sorbonne, known for the statements that a nation is "a daily plebiscite", and that nations are based as much on what people jointly forget as on what they remember.
French also allows for verb-object-subject (VOS) though the usage is relatively rare and various constraints apply. The most common instance of this word order is in more formal texts or in response to questions with a focus on the subject, as opposed to more broad questions such as, Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé? (what happened?).
Erhard Seminars Training, Inc. (marketed as est, though often encountered as EST or Est) was an organization founded by Werner Erhard in 1971 that offered a two-weekend (6-day, 60-hour) course known officially as "The est Standard Training".
Similarly to qu'est-ce qui or qu'est-ce que above, qui est-ce qui or qui est-ce que can also be used when referring to a person rather than a thing: « Qui est-ce qui vous dérange ? » — « À qui est-ce que vous avez donné cela ? » — « Qui est-ce qu ' il a vu ? » (Whom did he see?) Which, which one(s):
Formation (group theory), a class of groups that is closed under some operations; Formation constant, an equilibrium constant for the formation of a complex in solution; Formation enthalpy, standard heat of formation of a compound; Formation (group theory), a class of groups; Formation (geology), a formally named rock stratum or geological unit
L'Insécurité sociale : qu'est-ce qu'être protégé?, Éd. du Seuil, 2003. La discrimination négative , 2007 La montée des incertitudes : Travail, protections, statut de l'individu , Ed. du Seuil, 2009
The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus [1] in 1880 and became important as part of the conceptual rethinking of cultures and geography in the late 20th century.
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (3 May 1748 – 20 June 1836), usually known as the Abbé Sieyès (French:), was a French Roman Catholic abbé, clergyman, and political writer who was a leading political theorist of the French Revolution (1789–1799); he also held offices in the governments of the French Consulate (1799–1804) and the First French Empire (1804–1815).