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Isn't "après-midi" masculine, and if so should it not be:

cet après-midi sera consacré

Je ne participe plus aux compétitions.

Je ne fais plus de compétitions

I’m sorry if this is a technical question, but I can’t see where else to ask it! The writing exercises are taxing but very rich in information, especially in the multiple alternative answers. It’s quite frustrating that if you don’t note these down at the time (or scroll back through the exercise right away) there isn’t a way of retrieving them without repeating the whole exercise. Maybe that is intended? The links to the grammar points are well covered but do not actually include the quite wide range of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, ie the different ways of translating the same thing. 

Bonjour,

During this exercise I used different terms in this sentence: 

The lesson says you never use dans for months or years. So if a delivery will be made in one month you don’t say la livraison sera effectuée *dans* un mois? 

Hello: 

Is "nous allions demeurer" a correct alternative to "nous allions séjourner?"  Thank you! 

One question was: Je __ ai invité pour Thanksgiving.

The next was: Je __ ai appris que la France...

The answer given for the first was "je l'ai" and for the second was "je lui ai." 

Why?

Bonjour! Pourquoi cette phrase elle ne s'utilise pas le subjonctif?:

Avant même que nous n'entrions dans le village pittoresque,...