Why are putting de le together?

Question

Can you please explain why we us de le together.  I have always been told you must never use de le together. You can use du, de l' or de la.  This is a first for me.

Cécile Janty-Davies · Accepted Answer

Hi Sue, 
I think I have found the sentence - 
essaie de le nettoyer toi-même = try and clean it yourself 
using essayer de + le ( it = object pronoun) + verbe
Here, as there is no noun after the preposition de it would not make sense to contract de and le.
You will in sentences like :
 
Je viens du travail = I have just come back from work 
and not 
Je viens de le travail
Elle est partie du restaurant = She has left the restaurant 
and not 
Elle est partie de le restaurant
Hope this helps!

Jim Jones · Answer

Salut Sue,https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/contractions-of-articles-a-le-au-a-les-aux-de-le-du-de-les-desI can't see where de le is being used in your query  --  perhaps you can give an example of where you saw this usage.Bonne journéeJim