Bescherelle

Bescherelle [ beʃʀɛl ] is the title of a widely used in schools and universities in the teaching of French reference book of conjugation, in which all classes ( over a hundred ) of French verb forms together with examples of the correct formation can also be found of the rarest forms.

It was first published in 1842 as Le manuel véritable of conjugaisons ou la science of conjugaisons mise à la portée de tout le monde; the author was the French lexicographer and educator Louis -Nicolas Bescherelle the Elder (1802-1884), from the numerous other textbooks ( among other things orthography and on specific issues of participle and Subjonctifgebrauch in French ) and grammars derive, intended for wide circles were. Also famous is the 1834 Bescherelle along with his brother Henri- Honoré ( 1804-1887 ) published Grammaire Nationale, which underwent numerous editions.

With these publications Bescherelle had great influence on the enforcement of a normative understanding of French grammar and to the usual in Francophone countries passion for grammatical questions of detail.