French language Q&A Forum

What is the difference between 'du côté de' and 'au côté de' ?

trying to make sense of these rules.. it seems to go like this:

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Please could someone explain the use of "se tenir debut" to mean "stood" in the first example? 

Thanks

Bonjour Madame !

Thank you for your support and Yes, I will surely co-operate with your French team with my queries in future and provide you sufficient time to answer my problems.

The example “ Vive le temps, vive le temps, vive le temps d’hiver doesn’t relate to en, l’ , au as being taught in the lesson. It might be a special, specific case. Thank you for your feedback.

Merci bien et bonne journée !

Why is the ne explétif used in this informal spoken conversation? I thought that it was usually used in formal French.

I was always taught (from textbooks, profs, etc) to use "en" with French countries/states/provinces that end in -e or start with a vowel sound and are singular. "Aux" with plural names, and au for the rest--with the exception of Mexique which uses "au" though it ends in -e. Oh, and à with cities. 

Is this "dans le" thing a change in how the language is done or a regional peculiarity or what?