Pérez-Reverte opens a controversy on Twitter with the RAE for the accent of “only”

The writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte, an academic member of the Royal Spanish Academy for 18 years, responded to a message from the RAE account on Twitter. The controversy began when a surfer asked the @raeInforma account if there was an exception to the rule governing the stress of the word and that the institution was adamant: “The use of accent in writing of the adverb ‘solo’ is not justified and our recommendation is never to write it with a tilde ”.

The debate has not been settled for years and the RAE standard does not satisfy everyone: many are in favor of labeling it when the word is equivalent to the adverb “only” to avoid misunderstandings. Seeing the exchange, Pérez-Reverte intervened on his account to clarify that he also belongs to the group of “tildistas”: “I am from the RAE (for 18 years and for the moment) and a professional writer, and I do recommend using the check mark on “only” when needed. This is sometimes the case, for the sake of efficiency and clarity. Because one thing is the theory, and another to push the button every day ”.

Later, when another surfer asked him his position, he responded with a pun key message: “I just think I’m not alone when I write only with a tilde, which I do.” without complexes whenever I need it. ; something that, as a professional writer, happens to me often. They’re going to bury me with the accents on it, including the pronominal demonstratives, that’s another ”.

This is not the first time that the writer has fought from his account on the social network to defend his criteria of emphasis. In the case of the demonstrative pronouns “this”, “this”, “these” and “these”, the rule of the RAE is never to verify, whereas Reverte recommends doing so. The author remains faithful to the previous regulations which prescribed the use of the diacritical accent in the adverb “solo” and in the demonstrative pronouns to distinguish them, respectively, from the adjective alone and from the demonstrative determinants, when both the interpretations that this could create ambiguity.

Source: Telam

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