On the Académie française’s website ‘Dire, ne pas dire’, academics and linguists from the Quai Conti provide clear, well-argued answers to a wide range of questions asked by Internet users about language difficulties, particularly in relation to incorrect usage, abuse of meaning, neologisms and anglicisms. The many questions about the omnipresence of a technological vocabulary or the irruption of foreign words, conveyed by the media and globalisation, find fascinating answers here. Far from being a policeman, the Académie française is attentive to the need to enrich the French language and to fight against the impoverishment of vocabulary.