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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Punctuation problems in this exercise

I found I had more difficulty with the punctuation that the words! A lot of English writing increasingly drops commas these days, and it might be helpful to know the French rules! For example, I wouldn’t put a comma before "in Spain" in the first sentence.

Asked 3 years ago

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Karina T.A0Kwiziq community member

"." but no "." ?

On the 4th or 5th question, in the english phrase they wish us to translate, at the end of the phrase, there is a point ("."). But when i put the point in my french phrase, it was marked as wrong, causing me to lose points, I assume.

Please fix this error or explain it to me!

Thanks,

Karina

Asked 2 years ago

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Wilmar N.A1Kwiziq community member

In the writing exercise, the translation of 'then'

What is the difference between 'Alors' and 'Puis'

Asked 2 years ago

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Stephen B.B2Kwiziq community member

One or other

In one of the tests the answer included « choose one or the other. » We would normally say « Choose one or other (of them). » ‘The one’ or ‘the other’, sounds clunky even if grammatical. :)

Asked 2 years ago

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Archana J.C1Kwiziq community member

Des doutes

Bonjour

Est-ce que je pourrais écrire

1)je m'assieds 'au coin' au lieu de 'dans le coin'

2)prendre une bière 'du frigo' a la place de 'dans le frigo'

Merci encore

Asked 3 years ago

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David M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Using the present tense like the past?

In a recent test question: "In 1515, Francis I won the battle of Marignano." the correct answer was "a gagné" and not "gagne". Why does the "Historical Present" not apply in this case ?https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/using-the-present-tense-like-the-past

Asked 1 year ago

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Tanvi S.A1Kwiziq community member

Nulle part

Il y a des fleurs partout.

Négation : il n'y a de fleurs nulle part.

Ou - il n'y a pas de fleurs nulle part.

Aussi

Je fais du jogging. Négation : je ne fais pas de jogging ou je ne fais pas du jogging.

Dans cette phrase, est-ce que du est articles partitives ou contractés ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Ted M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passé compose by person

The question that led me here asked to fill in the proper tense of the verb ‘venir’ in this sentence: Il______heir. I wrote ‘Il est venu heir.’ The correction said the correct answer was Il sont venu. Wouldn’t the ‘sont’ tense be used instead for the third person plural (ils)?

Asked 2 years ago

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gerardvmoynihan L.A0Kwiziq community member

possession of body parts

How come its Les yeux but mes bras? Thanks ???

Asked 3 years ago

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Rick S.C1Kwiziq community member

J'espère que je vais voir de belles choses.

Is "des belles choses" possible? (Or just wrong).

Asked 2 years ago

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