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how to identify verbs and nouns
I tend to get tangled up with possessive "de" but wanted to query why the two capitalised nouns above take de l’ rather than d’? The dog is best friend of "Man" not "a man", and capitalising both nouns implies to me a generalisation or personification: despite that, they don’t seem to be treated as proper nouns in French.
Why is this translated as 'C'est une vraie... ' and not 'Elle est une vraie...' as we are talking about her specifically and not just the concept?
"Là, une multitude d'étals de poissons fraîchement pêchés aiguisaient l'appétit des passants"
I don't understand the plural here: Isn't it "Une multitude d'étals" - multitude being singular - which is the subject of the verb - rather than "D'étals" themselves, which would be plural.
I'm trying to devine whether there is some rule at work here here, or whether it's pretty much optional.
The notes state that Martin aime Sarah can say ´Martin loves Sarah’ but my answer was marked wrong, saying it should have been ´Martin aime bien Sarah’
Can you say 'd'après la célèbre comptine'?
Why is the infinitive used in this sentence after 'tout'? What does this sentence mean exactly in English?
I'm reading https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/plus/, and there's either an error or an ambiguity. In the sections of plus used as a comparative or superlative adverb, it mentions liaising, but in the section for its use as a negative adverb, it says "In negative constructions, plus is always pronounced [ply]", with no mention of liaisons, which to me means that you should never liaise in the negative. It gives the example of "Il n’est plus en France", which based on that rule, would mean you neither pronounce the S nor liaise it to "en". I asked about that example on reddit, and several native French speakers said that liaising was optional, with some saying it depends whether formal or informal. So, which is it?
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