Zero Mistakes: Spelling, a French Passion, Paperback Book, By: Francois de Closets

The dictation note is the French IQ!" Francois de Closets does not risk forgetting this. At the age of fourteen, he was deemed unfit to pursue higher education due to his poor spelling. Today, he is wondering. Why is our spelling so difficult? Object of veneration and instrument of segregation, why does it arouse so many passions? At the end of a survey conducted among the best connoisseurs of our language, Francois de Closets retraces the extraordinary novel of French, tells us about the most surprising episodes and shows how spelling has become a true state religion. Above all, it reveals the current revolution. The twenty-first century will be that of the written word. Internet, SMS, blogs, emails: our technical environment is based on a new writing, electronic, fluid. But young keyboard addicts are less and less familiar with spelling. Is this development irremediable? Does it herald a generalized graphic anarchy? Certainly not. The printing press had fixed the spelling, the IT will release it. As long as we learn to use electronic correctors well, we will be able to know our language better and make fewer mistakes. You have to love French with passion and spelling with reason. we will be able to know our language better and make fewer mistakes. You have to love French with passion and spelling with reason. we will be able to know our language better and make fewer mistakes. You have to love French with passion and spelling with reason.