French language Q&A Forum

Pourquoi "Ayons de la foi" n'est pas correct, et on dois dire "Ayons la foi"?

Personally, I think "quelques chevaux" is perfectly alright to say, whereas  "un couple de chevaux" might be a little closer to "a pair of horses"?

But certainly, "quelques chevaux" is not wrong?  Maybe using "couple" here is English creeping into the language? or even French Canadian? 

Also "clôture" could be used instead of "barrière".  I hear people saying "J'ai hâte de (faire ceci et cela)" all the time, in the sense "I am excited" (to do something),  but  I think one has be to be really careful and really sure of oneself before attempting "je suis excitée". And sure, maybe you could say a child or a dog is "surexcité" but would you say the L'homme est surexcité? Haha, not so sure about that! 

When to use de alone or when to use de with the article le or la - that is the question

S'il doublera ses efforts, il aura fini son project à temps

Is there anything grammatically or idiomatically wrong with "Je ne suis pas vraiment intéressé par la peinture"?

Can I say 'je suis en train de lire ce livre' if I am reading the book but not actually at that moment?