De not des?

Colin B.B1Kwiziq community member

De not des?

Je trouve qu'il a de bons arguments.I think he's got good arguments.
In the example from this lesson, why is “de” used and not “des”?
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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Colin, the attached lesson will cover this for you - it is because ‘des’ becomes de when followed by a plural adjective preceding the noun.

 "Des" becomes " de/d' " in front of adjectives preceding nouns (French Partitive Articles) 

PS Note for team - the title and first descriptive line of the article do not include the word ‘plural’ at all. Both should, I think.

Colin B. asked:

De not des?

Je trouve qu'il a de bons arguments.I think he's got good arguments.
In the example from this lesson, why is “de” used and not “des”?

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