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Il y a des petites rues, et de jolies maisons blanches.

Hi, I saw the sentence above in a book. 

Why it's not de petites rues ?! 

I thought when we have an adjective that comes before a noun, we should use de ! like de jolies maisons

Help please.

Dear team  

I was wondering if I could use "en plaçant or mettant" instead of "en posant" .  

Perhaps "en posant" is used in a physical sense ?

Thank you again for all your help !

(1) Why is "de" used in the clause "nous n'avions pas d'autre choix que de succomber à" before "succomber"? When is it used this way?

(2) Is it permissible to write "nous devions aller visiter" instead of "il fallait que nous allions visiter" in this context? When must one or the other be used?

Which app can you recommend for offline studying of French?

Hi Kwiziqers!  Marc a une forte personnalité. Il défend ___ ses opinions. 

Why only fortement is correct? Fort can also be used an adverb.

The answer to the imperative of this sentence is given to be "Ne te lave pas". Why isn't it "ne te laves pas"?

Why is it not 'qui ne la mangeraient pas'...?

Hi, as I understand, the use of 'ne' in everyday 'street French' is gradually being omitted. Could you please clarify to what extent 'ne' is still used in this context. 

Thank you