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Why is ce matin-là preferable to cette matinée and why is the latter not acceptable?  I thought that if you wanted emphasis on the morning, you would use matinée vice matin.  I realize that the là added to matin certainly adds the focus, but why is cette matinée not given as another possibility.   As you may have already surmised, I struggle with these masculine / feminine forms for morning, day, evening, year, etc. despite having reviewed the lesson.  Thanks for your guidance in advance.

pourquoi il y a 'en' dans la phrase 'je voudrais en faire une journée mémorable'.

Hi, Could you tell me how I can see the results of this exercise please? The link just brings me back to the full text. Thanks, Nuala 

Which is  correct:

Nous n'allons pas le perdre OR  Nous allons ne le perdre pas?

I just took the test on the Plus-que-parfait, "Une Envie de Changement". The fill in the blank was: "...on s'etait arretees dans un cafe..." (Sorry, the accents are unavailable here in the Q&A Forum.)

My answer matched the correct answer,but was marked nearly correct. I would like to know why that is? 

Hi,

I was wondering why there was no liason between voudrais + une, or veux+câlin?

thanks in advance

It is my observation that a Frenchman will do almost anything to avoid double objective pronouns - for fear of making mistakes and because they sound fussy, awkward, and a bit snobbish. As they are used less and less frequently, the "correct" order is being lost even to the French. I have been encouraged by my teachers to reformulate to avoid this mare's nest. So

Je lui ai donné cela plutôt que je le lui ai donné.