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Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
De vs Du Sel"Il s'est passé de sel." Why "de sel" and not "du sel"? There's an inherent negation utilized by figuratively "going without" but not formal/grammatic negation via "ne...pas." 
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Elaine D.B1Kwiziq community member
I find the fill in the blanks quizzes by topic very useful but find them very hard to locate on the site. Can you help ?
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Margaret D.B2Kwiziq community member
Ils se font face - could you also say: ils font face l'un à l'autre?
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Kay N.A1Kwiziq community member
When to use Cecil, cela
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Amanda B.C1Kwiziq community member
Ce qui ce que

Il a gagné la course, ce qui est impressionnant.He won the race, which is amazing.

 Ce qui in this suggests the word race is the subject.  Why?  I am really struggling with which is the subject or object in more complex sentences.  Isn’t he the subject doing the winning ?
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Stephen B.C1Kwiziq community member
In the last sentence why is there no ‘que’? I.e. “Quelle belle journée que nous avons passée!”
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Stephen B.C1Kwiziq community member
In the last sentence why is there no ‘que’? I.e. “Quelle belle journée que nous avons passée!”
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Walter B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
A comment, not a question, about "excentricity" ...

I believe the correct English spelling is "eccentricity", not "excentricity", at least according to my New Oxford American Dictionary, as well as this website's spell-checker.

Walter B.

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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
On est sortis à la Saint-Valentin.

Why does sortis have an "s" - I understand that être verbs will agree with subject but this is "on" - I did not think that this was treated at plural "nous"

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John L.A1Kwiziq community member
How do I type the accents needed with this keyboard please ?
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