Placement of 'aucun/e' in passé composé

SagarB1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Placement of 'aucun/e' in passé composé

I found this sentence interesting:

Nous n'avons acheté aucune voiture.

Don't both parts of a negation (ne + plus/jamais/que/etc) usually go before the participle?

Asked 5 years ago
ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Mostly, yes. But not always. Aucune refers to voiture and therefore goes right before it. 

SagarB1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Merci pour votre réponse, Chris !

Placement of 'aucun/e' in passé composé

I found this sentence interesting:

Nous n'avons acheté aucune voiture.

Don't both parts of a negation (ne + plus/jamais/que/etc) usually go before the participle?

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