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The two sentences below look almost exactly the same, in both 'they' know a fact (what time the shop closes).
Presumably, then, its just that in the 2nd sentence the verb is followed by a noun and that alone determins that 'conaitre' should be used, (and it's nothing to do with 'they' knowing a fact)?
Ils savent à quelle heure le magasin ferme. They know what time the shop closes.
Ils connaissent l'horaire de fermeture du magasin.
They know the shop closing time.
Cecile,
Can you please clarify the exact French phrase to be used for the ENGLISH phrase "dry cat food"? I have checked my LAROUSSE FRENCH-ENGLISH-FRENCH dictionary and it does not give the meaning of "des croquettes" as "dry cat food". Google Translate gives the meaning of the English phrase "dry cat food" as "nourriture sèche pour chat". Again the puzzling thing is that Google Translate gives the meaning of the English phrase "dry cat foods" as "les aliments secs pour chats". I would like to learn the correct phraseology rather than rely on GOOGLE translate.
Merci beaucoup.
On the ainsi que lesson there is the following section:
ATTENTION:
You can only use aussi bien que in French when comparing abilities, as in "I do it as well as you do", but NOT in the above cases.Note also that you can never use aussi que.I'm confused
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