I clicked on "Report a Problem" but nothing happenedAnyway, I want to ask about the following:
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Paula ne pense pas grand-chose de l'environnement
Paula doesn't think much of the environment
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". . . doesn't think much of the environment" seems neither correct nor natural. Normally, when one contemplates a matter (or chooses not to), one "thinks about X."
If instead one wishes to indicate his/her opinion of X, and specifically wishes to suggest a negative opinion, one might say he/she "does not think much about X," where X could be a book, a movie, a teacher etc. In other words, X is things subject to subjective opinions.
Thus, in the example above, X as a subjective matter does not normally include the environment, which simply just is (i.e., we don't have subjective opinions about water, air or the sun, which just are, like the environment).
So, in the example, what is Paul really trying to say? Does she perhaps not think much the environment, as in not thinking much about environmental issues like pollution, climate change etc?
If instead the example was:
Paula ne pense pas grand-chose des activistes environnementaux = Paula doesn't think much of environmental activists,
that would make sense.
I've encountered a number of sentences in KwizIQ about "going to the ball." Is that something that is common in France? I'm wondering because I've only encountered a ball in the Cinderella fairy tale and not in real life. But maybe that's just the social milieu in which I live!
The restrictive que in ne ... que can be placed either after the auxiliary verb, or in front of the word it's restricting. You should place que in front of the word you restrict.
Is ‘its been a long time since ‘ always followed by a verb in the negative? Some language sites seem to have sentences without a negative.
Anyway, I want to ask about the following:
- - - - - -
Paula ne pense pas grand-chose de l'environnement
Paula doesn't think much of the environment
- - - - - -
". . . doesn't think much of the environment" seems neither correct nor natural. Normally, when one contemplates a matter (or chooses not to), one "thinks about X."
If instead one wishes to indicate his/her opinion of X, and specifically wishes to suggest a negative opinion, one might say he/she "does not think much about X," where X could be a book, a movie, a teacher etc. In other words, X is things subject to subjective opinions.
Thus, in the example above, X as a subjective matter does not normally include the environment, which simply just is (i.e., we don't have subjective opinions about water, air or the sun, which just are, like the environment).
So, in the example, what is Paul really trying to say? Does she perhaps not think much the environment, as in not thinking much about environmental issues like pollution, climate change etc?
If instead the example was:
Paula ne pense pas grand-chose des activistes environnementaux = Paula doesn't think much of environmental activists,
that would make sense.
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Why is puis preferable to ensuite in the sentence: 'nous prendrons des photos ensemble, puis nous irons déjeuner dans un bistrot'...?
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