Ils ne m'ont pas pris ?

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Ils ne m'ont pas pris ?

Why not?

Ils me n'ont pas pris... I thought object pronouns preceded the negation.

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Freeform Writing Exercise A2

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

No, object pronouns don’t precede the ‘ne’ in the negation. They precede the conjugated verb in the negation - when the ‘ne’ is dropped in everyday speech, the object pronoun position is unaffected.

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Position of French Object Pronouns - with negations

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Ils ne m'ont pas pris ?

Why not?

Ils me n'ont pas pris... I thought object pronouns preceded the negation.

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