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Ou "je ne vais pas persiter"

Après avoir dû oublier l’habitude anglaise d’utiliser des majuscules pour les nationalités - ce qui est parfois un vrai lutte ! - il semble pervers de les trouver soudainement nécessaires dans cet exercice ! Est-ce qu'il y a une règle pour utiliser les majuscules quand la nationalité fait partie d'un nom d'équipe ?

Why is it sur ordre and not sure l'ordre de Napoléon 

I thought that, “ Nous sommes en train de le finir.” is incorrect since de le becomes du…

I used the verb s'éveiller for "wake up", but it was not given as one of the alternatives.  I thought "se lever" meant "to get up (out of bed)", rather than specifically to wake up.  Can you clarify?

the conjugation of "lire" goes on like "lis" can someone explain how does it work? how come there's an "s"? 

Im just a bit confused since, i am trying to learn french and on the 7th or 8th question, it said hand sanitizer is gel hydracoolique, but ive never heard such a word! I dont know, im just a bit confused since, for new people at french, this word (i dont think) shouldn't be used, since i am getting better and better each day, but again, ive never heard this word, nor seen it, for that matter. I dont want to be a pain, but i think this shouldn't be used.

Bonjour.

Désolé. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi cette phrase est incorrecte (it was marked as such in the results of the quiz):

Seems like we have the question word at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the inverted verb and then the subject, no?