What are the formal or informal rules of using curly braces (accolades) "{}" in French? (I do not know English rules either, but currently I am interested in French.)
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2I'm not sure what we are discussing here. I, for one, don't remember any meaning or purpose that readers might universally attribute to curly braces in either language, so unfortunately I can't help you in knowing the rules. Would you be interested in any particular (possibly technical or non-standard) use of the braces? If so, please describe it in the question, and provide a few examples. – Stéphane Gimenez Dec 13 '17 at 00:55
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Interestingly, Wikipedia uses some accolades in its introduction to the French Ponctuation article: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponctuation . Most likely as an alternative to brackets ( and ) – Taladris Dec 13 '17 at 04:25
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@StéphaneGimenez, i was rather interested in any standard meaning of curly braces, if such exists. For example: "Trait de plume qui, dans un compte, etc. joint plusieurs articles. C.-M. Gattel, Nouveau dict. portatif de la langue française, 1797.". – Alexey Dec 14 '17 at 13:30
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I would also like to understand what could constitute informally acceptable usage of accolades in French. – Alexey Dec 14 '17 at 13:37
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Selon Les règles de la composition typographique, trouvées sur Wikisource:
Les accolades servent à embrasser plusieurs lignes ou plusieurs colonnes, et leur pointe se tourne vers la ligne ou les lignes auxquelles les lignes ou colonnes embrassées se rapportent :
Le centre saillant de l’accolade placée verticalement doit toujours être tourné du côté qui contient le moins d’étendue en hauteur :
Si l’étendue des deux parties est la même, le centre saillant se tourne du côté qui contient le moins d’articles :
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3@Nathan: I think so as well. But that book only mention that usage. One can infer that accolades are not used in sentences (which indeed is my own experience). – mouviciel Dec 13 '17 at 14:15
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