Bescherelle

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Bescherelle [ beʃˈʀɛl ] is the title of a reference work on conjugation forms that is widely used in French teaching in schools and universities , in which all classes (more than a hundred) of the French verb forms can be found along with examples of the correct formation of even the rarest forms .

It first appeared in 1842 as Le véritable manuel des conjugaisons ou la science des conjugaisons mise à la portée de tout le monde ; The author was the French lexicographer and pedagogue Louis-Nicolas Bescherelle the Elder (1802-1884), from whom numerous other textbooks (including on orthography and individual questions of participle and subjunctive use in French) and grammars originate, which are intended for large circles were. Also famous is the Grammaire Nationale , published in 1834 by Bescherelle together with his brother Henri-Honoré (1804–1887) , which saw numerous editions.

With these publications, Bescherelle had a great influence on the establishment of a normative understanding of French grammar and on the passion for detailed grammatical issues that is common in francophone countries.

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