Are the primary and secondary conjugations dans le présent common to one French-speaking country or another or are they newer/older versions?
Conjugation of s’assoir
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Bonjour Frances,
Orthographe◇ Peut s'écrire asseoir ou assoir, selon les rectifications orthographiques de 1990.[règle §7] Anomalies.https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9A2823
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Bonne journée
Jim
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The classical variant (j'assieds, etc...) is considered a higher register and more literary. Using j'assois is more common in everyday spoken French. I even heard people using a mix of both conjugations, with one for the singular and the other for the plural.
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