Editing Reforms of French orthography (section)

====Accents====

Verbs with their [[infinitive]] in ''éCer'' (where C can be any consonant) change their ''[[acute accent|é]]'' to ''[[grave accent|è]]'' in the [[future tense|future]] and [[conditional tense|conditional]]:

:''{{lang|fr|je céderai}}'' → ''{{lang|fr|je cèderai}}'' {{IPA|fr|ʒə sɛd(ə)ʁe|}} (I shall give up)

Additionally, verbs ending in ''e'' placed before an [[word order|inverted]] [[subject (grammar)|subject]] "je" change their ''e'' to ''è'' instead of ''é'':

:''{{lang|fr|aimé-je&thinsp;?}}'' → ''{{lang|fr|aimè-je&thinsp;?}}'' {{IPA|fr|ɛmɛʒ|}} (do I like?)

[[Circumflex]] accents are removed on ''i'' and ''u'' if they are not needed to distinguish between homographs. They are retained in the [[preterite|simple past]] and [[subjunctive mood|subjunctive]] of verbs:

:''{{lang|fr|mû}}'' → ''{{lang|fr|mu}}'' (driven), but ''{{lang|fr|qu'il mût}}'' unchanged (he must have driven), and
:''{{lang|fr|dû}}'' (the past participle of the very common irregular verb ''{{lang|fr|devoir}}'', or the noun created from this participle) is kept to make the distinction with ''{{lang|fr|du}}'' (the required contraction of ''{{lang|fr|de + le}}'', which means ''some'' when used as an undetermined masculine article, or means ''of the'' when used as a preposition).

Wherever accents are missing or wrong because of past errors or omissions or a change of pronunciation, they are added or changed:

:''{{lang|fr|receler}}'' → ''{{lang|fr|recéler}}'' {{IPA|fr|ʁəsele|}} (to receive&nbsp;– stolen goods)
:''{{lang|fr|événement}}'' → ''{{lang|fr|évènement}}'' {{IPA|fr|evɛn(ə)mɑ̃|}} (event)

Accents are also added to loanwords where dictated by French pronunciation:

:''{{lang|fr|diesel}}'' → ''{{lang|fr|diésel}}'' {{IPA|fr|djezɛl|}} (diesel)