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Why is it not "doucemment" with a double "m"?
I was also thrown by this sentence because at first sight it contains the phrase "bien entendu". I guess the "bien" is qualifying "j’ai entendu parler", but does it mean something more than just "J'avais entendu parler de ce nouveau poste" ?
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’
quelle luxe ou quel luxe ?
Why is Marseille est la deuxième plus grande ville de France not written as Marseille est la deuxième la plus grande ville de France? Shouldn't it be la plus grande
Why is l'imparfait used here instead of le passé composé?
« Si le problème se révélait être plus grave... »
Also, is it correct to say "des tiges métalliques" here?
« ...avec des barres métalliques. »
Can you say 'd'après la célèbre comptine'?
In the exercise about the new green car with the brown leather seats, one alternate answer was ‘Ils sont fait en cuir.’ The best answer was ‘Il sont en cuir’. Present tense. Was the alternate answer in passe compose? If so, wouldn’t that be ‘ils ont fait en cuir?’
"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.
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