Why is the imperfect wrong here? We don't know from the English whether it was a one off or a repeated action
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Karen G.Kwiziq community member
Why is the imperfect wrong here? We don't know from the English whether it was a one off or a repeated action
Marc ne jouait qu'au foot
This question relates to:French lesson "Using restrictive ne … que to express only with compound tenses (French Negations)"
Asked 6 years ago
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Karen,
That doesn't look incorrect to me - "Marc only ever played football."
If it was a one-off (Marc only played football once), I would be inclined to say:
Marc n'a joué au foot qu'une fois.
[Non-native speaker so apologies in advance if I get corrected!].
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