On related but tangential news: The Académie came up recently in the news in their opposition to a book designed to teach history to third graders that used "ge

On related but tangential news: The Académie came up recently in the news in their opposition to a book designed to teach history to third graders that used "gender inclusive" forms (https://www.theregreview.org/2018/03/21/sen-france-linguistic-battle/ https://www.theregreview.org/2018/03/21/sen-france-linguisti...). Under standard French grammar rules Under the standard rules "a male and a female friend are described as “amis”. Two or more friends are called “amies” only when no men are included.", i.e. a group with only one male member becomes masculine.