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As others have noted the English should be "she went into the small swimming pool', as 'to the pool' does not indicate whether she went in or not.In the first phrase, "Quand je gagnerai au loto", could remporterai be used instead of gagnerai? Don't both these verbs mean to win.
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I have a question why here they used 'des' instead of 'de'? As we use des for plural, but here nothing is plural.
Why is it "Tarte au Maroilles" and not "Tarte aux Maroilles"?
Advised by Cecile: "But the construction you suggest ending with a pronoun might be used by a very young French child but isn't correct French."
I have never seen it so pointedly stated anywhere. Seems to me once you 'learn' that faux pas you are halfway through the struggles of using pronouns....where to put them.
I find this advice so clarifying. I may be making too much of a big deal abut it...but it hit me like a lightbulb.
Do you think, modified a little, it is advisable to adopt as rote? Would it hold up universally enough.
Do not put your object pronouns at the end of a sentence (after the verb) UNLESS it is the STRESS VERSION OF THE PRONOUN.
Shouldn't the past participle agree with the subject in this?
Des artistes extraordinaires sont nés
For the sentence "In this beautiful and lively city," I answered "Dans cette belle ville vivante," which was not accepted. Can you explain why as elsewhere it seems to be an accepted translation?
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