Etats or États

Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Etats or États

In the four Texas examples above we have “Etats-Unis”. Should these all be “États-Unis”?

Asked 5 years ago
MarieKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Brian,

Even though there is a debate around whether the accents should be used on capital letters in French, they are compulsory according to the Académie Française. Thanks for flagging this up, I have just changed these two examples.

Etats or États

In the four Texas examples above we have “Etats-Unis”. Should these all be “États-Unis”?

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