La Révolution française a duré ________. The French Revolution lasted from 1789 to 1799.

Duncan H.C1Kwiziq community member

La Révolution française a duré ________. The French Revolution lasted from 1789 to 1799.

 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?

Asked 12 hours ago
Anne D.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

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).

Duncan H. asked:

La Révolution française a duré ________. The French Revolution lasted from 1789 to 1799.

 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?

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