Why is "C'est le plus grand arbre dans le parc" marked incorrect?
It is generally the way one would say it naturally, informally as opposed to the more formal/literary "C'est l'arbre le plus grand du parc".
It doesn't mean it is wrong.
It is the tallest tree in the park.
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ROBERT I.Kwiziq community member
It is the tallest tree in the park.
This question relates to:French lesson "Forming the superlative of French adjectives in complex cases"
Asked 3 weeks ago
Robert,
have you regularly encountered ‘ dans le parc ‘, or similar use of dans le/la instead of du/de la, in everyday ( metropolitan) French in this context ?
To me that sounds like an ‘ anglicisme ‘ (of the preposition) rather than typical French.
Regardless of the position of the superlative ‘ le plus grand ‘ in the sentence, which can move as per the lesson, ‘ du parc ‘ is natural and usual in this context..
“ Note also that where in English we use the preposition in after the superlative (in the class, in France, in the world), in French we use de (de la classe, deFrance, du monde). “
ROBERT I. asked:
It is the tallest tree in the park.
Why is "C'est le plus grand arbre dans le parc" marked incorrect?
It is generally the way one would say it naturally, informally as opposed to the more formal/literary "C'est l'arbre le plus grand du parc".
It doesn't mean it is wrong.
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