ISBN : 9782897991005
Year of publication : 2021
Nombre de pages : 516
Langue : #!trpst#trp-gettext data-trpgettextoriginal=5211#!trpAnglais#French#!trpst#/trp-gettext#!trpAnglais#
This book is the result of a year’s painstaking work (or that of a «media rat») during which, every single day without exception, the author combed through Quebec newspaper articles published online. Information, more accessible than ever, has easily become the go-to written resource—free and abundant. While warnings about «fake news» are now commonplace, analyses of its linguistic quality are less so. Can our eyes and minds rely on it as a reliable source? The popularity of software like Antidote, constant access to the OQLF’s tools, and the presence of language editors could (should?) ensure the absence of «basic» errors in published texts. And yet…
These 1,000 errors—detected, corrected, and explained—show us just how difficult the French language can be to master, and how common these errors are and how easily they can go unnoticed. The point here is not to point fingers at anyone, but to present a partial, snapshot-like portrait of what we read every day—what we put down on paper, in our minds, and in our memories. Do we make more mistakes than before? Was «everything better in the old days»? That is not the purpose of this work. We write more; we publish more. There are more opportunities to make mistakes than ever before.
Most of the errors identified are easy to correct and are covered from elementary school through college. Teachers, journalists, parents, and language professionals can use this resource to find examples and explanations: what is understood is less likely to be forgotten.
Anne Fonteneau holds a master's degree in modern literature and a doctorate in Quebec literature. She has taught professional editing at Université Laval for the past fifteen years. An honorary chartered auditor, she has carried out numerous mandates for both the Quebec government and private companies of all sizes. She is co-founder of Plurielles et Singulières, a company offering French-language training and language services.
