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de Cancarnaux Platt
Known today for a single, highly focused work on French usage, this little-known 19th-century writer tackled the messy border between accepted language and so-called incorrect expression. The result is a practical, exacting reference book for readers curious about how French was argued over, corrected, and defended.
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Dictionnaire critique et raisonné du langage vicieux ou réputé vicieux
by de Cancarnaux Platt
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author could be confirmed from the sources available during this search. De Cancarnaux Platt is chiefly known through the 1835 book Dictionnaire critique et raisonné du langage vicieux ou réputé vicieux, a reference work on disputed and improper French usage.
The book was presented as a complement to Jean-Charles Laveaux's dictionary of difficulties in the French language, which suggests a strong interest in grammar, precision, and everyday correctness. In library and ebook records, the author appears more as a bibliographic name than as a well-documented public figure.
Because reliable personal details were not readily available, it is safest to remember de Cancarnaux Platt as a specialized language commentator from the early 19th century whose surviving reputation rests on this careful study of French expression.