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Je pense que j'entends "Je prendrai un avion..." au lieu de "Je prendrai l'avion...".  Qu'est-ce vous entendez  ?

Why is it 'cote d'Azure' but 'cote atlantique'?

I was surprised to see my use of "cet après-midi" corrected to "cette après-midi". So I looked it up and found that both genders are used for that phrase.

I notice nearly all the subjects in these examples are proper nouns (with one qui?). When using a subject pronoun instead, would it become ce /c’ to avoid the il/elle + determiner construction ?

For example:  

 Elle est intelligente —> c’est la fille la plus intelligente de la classe 

The lesson says:

Conjugations of APPARAÎTRE (to appear) in Le Passé

Composé (Indicatif) in French

j'/je

 suis apparu(e)

tu

 es apparu(e)

il / elle / on

 est apparu(e)(s)

nous

 sommes apparu(e)s

Pendant des années, je me suis plié en quatre pour arranger les choses entre nous...

t's describing something habitual that happened over a long period of tim.  It's in the middle of a longer passage also in the imparfait setting the scene for a discrete action to come....  

Thanks in advance for the insights I know you will provide.

The recommended translation for 'what a powerful voice that man had!' is 'quelle voix puissante avait cet homme !'. I don't actually see this usage of inversion covered in any grammar guides. Is it the norm to invert subject and verb in a sentence beginning with an exclamatory adjective?

Why does, "I think that I am ready" not trigger the subjunctive and make it "je pense que je sois prête"?