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Re: "Real Daredevils"

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Re: "Real Daredevils"

How come, in the final sentence of this exercise, the past subjunctive is not used following "Rien que"?  Instead, it was the passé composé. 

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Rien que quelques points de suture n'ont pu réparer. -- Nothing (that) a few stitches couldn't (weren't able to) fix.

No subjunctive required in this sentence. Note that "could" here is the past tense of "can".

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Re: "Real Daredevils"

How come, in the final sentence of this exercise, the past subjunctive is not used following "Rien que"?  Instead, it was the passé composé. 

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