French language Q&A Forum

My Kwiz question was "How could you say "Gregory is going away for the holidays." ?

and the answers included pendant, durant and pour. Is "the holidays" considered to be a clearly defined start and end time?

"Note that, like for dates in general..." is incorrect English. It should be "Note that, as for dates in general..." or "Note that, like dates in general..."

Thank you! 

Kalpana

Why is there no preposition "de" after the verb "descend" in the phrase: "Elle descend les escaliers" ?

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Dans les notes, le prof écrivait plusieurs fois "None of them are ....".  En fait, "none" en anglais est une contraction de "not one", si la bonne conjugaison du verbe en anglais serait "None of them is .....".

Why is "il lui faut de l'aide" - he / she needs some help and "il te faut de l'aide"  - you must help? I am getting very confused with this expression!

Après avoir dû oublier l’habitude anglaise d’utiliser des majuscules pour les nationalités - ce qui est parfois un vrai lutte ! - il semble pervers de les trouver soudainement nécessaires dans cet exercice ! Est-ce qu'il y a une règle pour utiliser les majuscules quand la nationalité fait partie d'un nom d'équipe ?

I recently saw the expression "Tant bien que mal"

In the context of usage of Que/Qui, what decides the use of 'que' here rather than 'qui' ?

Thank you