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==18th century== {{Expand section|date=January 2011}} :''{{lang|fr|L'Acad'''é'''mie s'eſt donc v'''û'''e contrainte '''à''' faire dans cette nouvelle Edition, '''à''' ſon orthographe, pluſieurs changemens qu'elle n'avoit point jug'''é''' '''à''' propos d'adopter, lorſqu'elle donna l'Edition pr'''é'''c'''é'''dente.}}''—Académie, 1740, using accents for the first time The third (1740) and fourth (1762) [[edition (book)|editions]] of the Académie dictionary were very progressive, changing the spelling of about half the words altogether. [[Diacritic|Accents]], which had been in common use by [[Printing|printers]] for a long time, were finally adopted by the Académie, and many [[silent letter|mute consonant]]s were dropped. :''{{Wikt-lang|fr|estre}}'' → ''{{Wikt-lang|fr|être}}'' (to be) :''{{Wikt-lang|fr|monachal}}'' → ''{{Wikt-lang|fr|monacal}}'' (monastic) Many changes suggested in the fourth edition were later abandoned along with thousands of [[neologism]]s added to it. Very importantly too, subsequent 18th century editions of the dictionary added the letters ''[[J]]'' and ''[[V]]'' to the [[French alphabet]] in replacement of consonant ''[[I]]'' and ''[[U]],'' fixing many cases of [[Homonym|homography]]. :''{{Wikt-lang|fr|uil}}'' → ''{{Wikt-lang|fr|vil}}'' (vile)
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