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Although I didn't use it, I am not sure why < pendre > is considered incorrect to use ? 

1. Larousse (entry for pendre)

pendre [pɑ̃dr]

verbe transitif Conjugaison

[accrocher]     Conjugaison to hang (up)

  pendre un tableau à un clou    to hang a picture from a nail

2. Robert (entry for accrocher)

accrocher​​​ verbe

 verbe transitif

 Suspendre à un crochet. Accrocher son manteau. ➙ pendre. — 

3. Académie Française (entry for pendre)

PENDRE conjugaison verbe transitif et intransitif (se conjugue comme Attendre).

xe siècle. Issu du latin pendere, « être suspendu », puis « dépendre de ».

I. Verbe transitif.

1.  Attacher, accrocher à quelque distance du sol. 

It does not seem incorrect based on these 3 sources. Not sure what I am missing in these definitions that would make < pendre > incorrect.

And, if a "best-efforts translation" to English were possible, would "de" represent "late OF two hours", "late BY two hours", or "late SOME two hours"?

Cheers, Alec

When  i learned French in my youth ( I am now 91), the passe simple was called the Past Definite in English, is that still so ? We were also told that its use was confined to literature and it was not used otherwise. Is that correct ?

I thought that "turc" referred to a Turkish man and that "turque" referred to a Turkish woman. The correct answer indicates that "turque" refers to a Turkish man. Please explain why my answer was marked as incorrect.

Harlan

Why do we use "de" in this sentence and not "des"?

Elles ne connaitront jamais mon secret is the given answer. Why will savoir in the future not do? Various dictionaries suggest they are equivalent for this kind of statement.

I was taught that 'qui' was used when the subject of the verb and 'que' when the object of the verb