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"Je crains que vous ne ________ trop vite"I fear that you drive too fast.Could you please tell me why a 'ne' would be in this sentence? I havecopied your test question.Thank you, Jennifer

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Hi Jennifer,
If you take a look at the following Kwiziq lesson, it explains in what situations we use the 'ne explétif' to indicate fear as in your example -
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-to-understand-the-ne-expletif
Hope this helps!

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Thank you Cécile

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"Je crains que vous ne conduisiez trop vite".

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In that case, there could be a link to the expletive ne expletif !

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Hi Jack, 
This is the  lesson which include verbs like 'craindre' (to fear) , douter ( to doubt) etc. which use the ne explétif  -
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-to-understand-the-ne-expletif