The writer and academic Arturo Pérez-Reverte has accused the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) of give “biased and inaccurate” information with the decision of the Plenary of the cultural institution on the tilde in the adverb ‘only’ and in the demonstrative pronouns ‘este’, ‘ese’ and ‘aquel’, with their feminine and plural forms.
The journalist, as he has criticized in a message on social networks, has questioned the arguments of the RAE Informa explaining the use of the tilde, where they clarified that what was approved in plenary session on March 2 “does not modify” the doctrine of the ‘spelling’ of the year 2010 and its use is even expressed “in a clearer way”.
The institution argued that “it remains obligatory” not to mark the adverb ‘only’ and the demonstrative administrative pronouns “when there is no risk of ambiguity”. In addition, in a second explanation, the RAE insisted that “the option to mark these words or not when there is a risk of ambiguity is maintained” and the expression “in the opinion of the writer” was introduced so that the writer can assess “if there is ambiguity or not.
Thus, he emphasized that the speaker “will have to justify” the use of the tilde if he perceives the risk of ambiguity”. “The norm leaves open the possibility that they are never labeled neither the adverb ‘only’ nor the administrative pronouns, which is the most advisable option”, they pointed out on social networks.
In this context, Pérez-Reverte has made ugly the explanations of the RAE on Twitter. “Is nothing new added? Will you have to justify it? I regret to say that RAE, directed by an anti-tildista academic, andis giving biased and inaccurate information”, the writer assured, referring to the director of the institution, Santiago Muñoz Machado.
In addition, the former correspondent has insisted that the RAE yes that “approved an important modification” regarding the tilde in ‘solo’ in its last plenary session and has advanced that “next Thursday’s plenary session will be stormy”. Then he clarifies, “to avoid misinterpretations”, that he is not referring to the director of the RAE, Muñoz Machado, with his criticisms. The writer charges against the “director of the Spanish department up to date of the RAE, who is the one who, with his team, controls the consultation service in @RAEinforms”.
Source: Lasexta
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