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PaulC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Prescriptive versus descriptive EnglishI read the Q&A for this lesson on collective nouns and the discussion at https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/is-this-english-correct and I see where Kwiziq is coming from. However, it would clearer for many Engliish speakers if you left out the "how it is in English" versus "how it is in French" comparisons. There are too many interpretations of collective nouns in different forms of English, and many of us haven't learnt the English prescriptions, so we are probably making frequent mistakes in English. In other words, just give teach the French grammar.

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HughC1Kwiziq community member

Idionatic use of 'would 'Presumably one could translate into English using 'would': Eg 'We would go and see our grandmother on Sunday' carries the same sense of a repeated action that the imperfect does.

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DeborahB2Kwiziq community member

Whay say "Il l'a fait exprès", not "Il en a fair exprès"?

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ArndisA2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No retry on the quiz?The test saves my original answers, so when I do the quiz again (I did it two weeks ag), it doesn't matter if I correct myself from before, it saves the old answers. Is it supposed to be like that?

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RantA2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

restaurantWould it be inappropriate to say 'ça y est' at a restaurant when they ask you if you have finished your meal? Or would that sound like you are saying it was difficult to finish, but I finally did it (perhaps being offensive)?

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AlanC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Do quitter and Partir both mean to leave?

I was asked in a C1 test to complete the sentence, " Après....., ils se sont perdus". After leaving, they got lost.

I wrote, "Après avoir quitté, ils se sont perdus". It was marked incorrect. Why?

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AlanC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Surely quitter and partir can both mean to leave.

In a recent C1 test I was asked to complete the sentence, " Après........, ils se sont perdus."

After leaving, they got lost. I wrote, " Après avoir quitté, ils se sont perdus". My answer was marked as incorrect. Why?

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CrystalMaidenC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Are you never allowed to use incluant, you have to use dont?

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CrystalMaidenC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How much rarer is afin que? I always use it.

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MarthaA2Kwiziq community member

C1 Grammar pointsCOuld anyone please provide me with a list of the wider grammar points that are covered specifically in C1 level? I need this for a project I'm doing at university.

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