Observations to the Pan-hispanic dictionary of doubts (DPD)

Abstract

The Diccionario  panhispánico  de  dudas  (DPD)  was  published  in  October  2005.  It  is  a  work  that  «aims  at  serving  as  an  efficient  instrument  useful  to  all  the  people  interested  in  improving  their  knowledge  and  command of the Spanish language» (page XIII); nevertheless, in spite of that intended goal, the aforesaid work has serious inconsistencies and contradictions in its prescriptive proposals.Certainly,  all  possible  analysis  and  remarks  cannot  be  set  out  in  this  paper,  as  the  interest  in  its  writing  is  just  to  share  a  few  reflections  on  certain  normative  criteria  that  need  to  be  discussed,  especially  by  those of us with a particular interest in enhancing our knowledge and command of the Spanish language.