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The German 'Duden' is comparable in its role to Webster/Johnson. A private dictionary publisher who somehow managed to be regarded as the standard for a languag

The German 'Duden' is comparable in its role to Webster/Johnson. A private dictionary publisher who somehow managed to be regarded as the standard for a language.

seszett 8y ago
That's the Larousse for French, or the competing Robert. Or the Littré if you're a writer with pedant and traditionalist tendencies. The Académie is not the main reference for orthography (and its dictionary is incomplete) or for the general rules of the French language, its goal is to steer the language towards consistency, and recognize whatever new usage emerges.
- datdata 8y ago
  orthographe = spelling. No offense intended. Just trying to help.
  - seszett 8y ago
    Indeed, the Académie actually defines orthography while the dictionaries are only references for spelling.