A 19:14 2001-11-30 -0800, John Hudson a �crit : >At 21:33 11/30/2001, Etienne Kroger wrote: > >>"Le bon usage" (Grevisse) suggests that people have traditionally not used >>accents in manuscripts/handwriting, but recommends to apply accents on >>print. > >This is interesting, and a good subject for someone's doctoral thesis. >There should be no shortage of manuscript/handwriting samples from various >periods to dismiss or confirm this claim, or to map it's historical veracity.
[Alain] I believe that for cursive handwriting indeed, the tradition is quite consistent over centuries for initial capitals not bearing accents. Alain LaBont� Qu�bec
