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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.
Spelling and punctuation before the 16th century was highly erratic, but the introduction of printing in 1470 provoked the need for uniformity.. Several Renaissance humanists (working with publishers) proposed reforms in French orthography, the most famous being Jacques Peletier du Mans who developed a phonemic-based spelling system and introduced new typographic signs (1550).
Scenic. ← LA 3286. → LA 2. Louisiana Highway 1 ( LA 1) is a state highway in Louisiana. At 431.88 miles (695.04 km), it is the longest numbered highway of any class in Louisiana. It runs diagonally across the state, connecting the oil and gas fields near the island of Grand Isle with the northwest corner of the state, north of Shreveport .
Once upon a time, though, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 and $100,000 bills were in circulation. After the last printing of those denominations in 1945, the Treasury Department and the Federal ...
Louisiana Highway 1000 Location Assumption Parish Length 2.921 mi (4.701 km) Existed 1955–present Louisiana Highway 1000 (LA 1000) runs 2.92 miles (4.70 km) in an east–west direction from LA 996 south of Bruly St. Martin to LA 1 north of Paincourtville. The entire route is in Assumption Parish. mi km Destinations Notes 0.000 0.000 LA 996 Western terminus 0.320 0.515 LA 1001 Southern ...
Struggling with falling demand for farm equipment, Deere & Co. announces nearly 600 layoffs. MATT OTT. July 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM. Deere & Co. is laying off nearly 600 workers as the farm equipment ...
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Cover of the 1549 edition. La Défense et illustration de la langue française (English: The defense and illustration of the French language) is a literary theory text written during the Renaissance in 1549 by the French poet Joachim du Bellay. It was a manifesto of the ideas of the group originally known as La Brigade, later as La Pléiade.