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The restrictive que in ne ... que can be placed either after the auxiliary verb, or in front of the word it's restricting. You should place que in fro

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The restrictive que in ne ... que can be placed either after the auxiliary verb, or in front of the word it's restricting. You should place que in fro

The restrictive que in ne ... que can be placed either after the auxiliary verb, or in front of the word it's restricting. You should place que in front of the word you restrict.

This question relates to:French lesson "Using restrictive ne … que to express only with compound tenses (French Negations)"
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The restrictive que in ne ... que can be placed either after the auxiliary verb, or in front of the word it's restricting. You should place que in fro

The restrictive que in ne ... que can be placed either after the auxiliary verb, or in front of the word it's restricting. You should place que in front of the word you restrict.

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