The phrase I saw:
Je suis tout à fait satisfait du cadeau que j’ai trouvé pour Sarah. Je l’ai emballé dans DU JOLI PAPIER et je lui donnerai ce soir.
Here the "du joli papier" I thought it is not preceded by any "de" preposition. "emballer dans" is the preceding phrase. So why is DU used here? A mistake?
Bonjour Haiyang,
"Papier" is a non-specific (uncountable) noun.
The text is making reference to "some pretty paper"
"Du joli papier" --> some pretty paper where du is a partitive article.
Hope this helps to explain for you.
Bonne continuation
Jim
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