This RAE decided this Thursday that the envelope is “only” (equivalent to just ). can take tildes like demonstrative pronouns “this, that and that”, with the feminine and plural when in the author’s opinion there is a risk of ambiguity.
This innovation, as explained to EFE by sources from the general assembly meeting language academy, It has been argued for years by academic writers that the use of tildes in these words should be “decriminalized” because there were cases of ambiguity.
Until now, RAE, where the word “only” is both an adverb and equivalent to only and is an adjective, In addition to the “this, this and that” signs, as well as their feminine and plural forms, whether they function as pronouns or determiners, according to the general accentuation rules, there should be no diacritical marks.
And although before orthographic rules prescribed only the use of tildes in the adverb and demonstrative pronouns to distinguish them, Respectively, only the adjective and the signifiers are considered, where both interpretations are possible in the same expression and situations of ambiguity may arise (“Works on Sundays only”: works only on Sundays or works unaccompanied on Sundays), possible ambiguities are almost always considered in the context itself. can be solved by
The general advice was not to mark these words.although its use is optional when it involves a risk of ambiguity, the sources describing the sources highlighting the reviews and objections whose use has been noted are not defined in whose opinion, because it is formerly dependent on the criteria of the teacher or examiner.
innovation that What will now be introduced is whether or not to mark these words becomes the criterion of the writer of the text.
Academic and writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte emphasized EFE. satisfaction for this innovation and pointed out that all scholars agree to put this formulation into practice, because it does not break the initial formulation, but allows the tilde to be used more plausibly in these situations, because the author of the text decides whether to do it or not. well. use.