I expected the answer to be ...de 1789 au 1799 (having read the lesson notes).
I don't understand why the answer came back as de...à, it is after all between two dates.
Any thoughts on how to make this clearer to understand?
I expected the answer to be ...de 1789 au 1799 (having read the lesson notes).
I don't understand why the answer came back as de...à, it is after all between two dates.
Any thoughts on how to make this clearer to understand?
No expert, but I think the clue is at the beginning of the lesson where it says “du ... au ... is used when the definite article le is normally present in French”. Days of the month are preceded by le (le 5 mai) and so are centuries (le XXe siècle) but as in English, four-number year dates are not (2025).
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