Please Kwiziq do not be like Duolingo and be inflexible with the words allowed/considered correct. Faire de la soupe et préparer de la soupe are synonymous and both should be correct.

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

, ce qui fait de lui le premier Français en charge de la SSI.

I am curious about the construction of ...fait de lui... Why not ...lui fait...? It seems to me that 'him', in the English, is the indirect object of faire while Français is the direct object. I used ...lui fait..., which was not one of the accepted translations. Why?

Asked 3 years ago

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Oleks L.B1Kwiziq community member

EN - LE when DE is present in subordinateOui, l'Administration peut ________ décider car l'égalité homme-femme fait partie des valeurs essentielles de la République.

Why is "le" marked as correct if we have "de" in subordinate clause?
It should be "en"

In another example, given below you say that "en" is correct for a similar case

La liberté d'expression est un droit fondamental mais il faut ________ respecter les limites.

Asked 1 year ago

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adrienne h.C1Kwiziq community member

diificult double negative construction

"Depuis que Catherine a changé de carrière il y a quatre ans, plus personne ne la reconnaît." I understand this to mean "Ever since Catherine changed her career four years ago, no one recognizes her anymore." I would never have known where to put that "plus!" I might have thought "personne ne la reconnait plus." Would that have been wrong if I had been constructing the sentence instead of doing it as a dictation?

And a couple of little periods have been inserted in the vocabulary section at the beginning: eg. te.lle. I like to look at this section as the whole piece is being read to me and I noticed these tiny typos.

Asked 3 years ago

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Thanh Tân T.B2Kwiziq community member

Passé composé vs ImparfaitI thought this one is the other way around "Quand elle est arrivée dans le jardin de sa mère, elle ne pouvait pas en croire ses yeux ! Because "arriver" should be in "imparfait" and "croire" is the action that interrupts the ongoing situation. Please explain to me.

Asked 3 years ago

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Charles T.C1Kwiziq community member

Why no indefinite article?" il est devenu citoyen américain." I thought you only omitted the indefinite article when referring to someone's job? Being an American citizen is not a job.

Asked 3 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

imparfait subjunctive?

"Il avait même fallu que les autorités démentissent le canular". According to a conjugation guide I use, this sentence appears to use "démentir" in the subjunctif imparfait, which I think is rarely used today in French. Would it be better as "que les autorités démentent" (present subjunctive)? Or maybe "aient démenti" if a subjunctive in the past tense is needed here?

Asked 3 years ago

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