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Correct: Il est allé visiter une maison.

Incorrect: Il est allé à visiter une maison.

Can someone explain please? Thanks

How to write July 6, 1998 in French?

Bonjour!

I was wondering when listening to the sound Tu is it me or does it sound like when you say je?

Thank you

Nicole

I have seen both of these being used, but I'm wondering if there is a semantic/pragmatic difference between the two e.g:

Il me faut partir

Il faut que je partisse.

Do these two convey a different idea, do they express different levels of formality, or are they completely interchangeable the only difference being that the former option takes less time to say

In the two optional answers below, why hasn't 'beaucoup' been given as an option to 'nombreuses'?

Thank You 

Crois-moi, c'est le résultat de nombreuses années d’entraînement

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.

I am looking at this sentence - 'Je passerais beaucoup de temps à prendre soin de lui, en lui parlant, le caressant, lui donnant des friandises - après m'être assuré qu'elles sont adaptées à ses besoins bien sûr !' - and thinking that the verb with 'adaptées' would naturally go into the subjunctive ('soient adaptées'), not the indicative, because the whole scenario is speculative rather than real. Or does this kind of hypothetical writing not normally call for the subjunctive?

I was wondering how you would put combien into a question with inversion; and I couldn't find any lessons adressing this specifically. This occurred to me while thinking about the question "How many words in the dictionary?" Would it be:

Combien de mots la dictionnaire a-t-elle?

Combien la dictionnaire a-t-elle de mots?

La dictionnaire a-t-elle combien de mots?

Or would it be something different?

Anyway, I just need to ease my curiosity.

Example: 

Protège d'une muraille épaisse and not 

Par une muraille épaisse

Bonjour!

Hi I was wondering when looking over the Qu'est - ce que c'est is it correct to always use that since it would be more formal? Or can you use c'est quoi when talking to a friend?

Merci

Nicole