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stephen w.C1KwizIQ community member

I answered " J'habite a Atlanta" why was I wrong?

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Michelle S.C1KwizIQ community member

"était" versus "c'était"In writing challenge week 68 B2, one of the correct answers is "Oui, je crois que la dernière fois, c’était chez Paul et Sophie." as opposed to "Oui, je crois que la dernière fois était chez Paul et Sophie." What are the rules for using c'est and its variations when in the middle of a sentence?

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

faire les coursesMy dictionary gives the expression as faire des courses. Are both right?

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

HanouccaFor those of us who are not Jewish, it would help if the question said, "Samedi c'est le début de Hanoucca cette année. I took it as a general truth.

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Ian G.C1KwizIQ community member

avaient été accueillies par is the correct answer.

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L. I.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Il pleutIs that a thing?

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Géraldine M.B2KwizIQ community member

Je voudrais poser un question au sujet de " depuis que". Peut-on dire.. Je mange beaucoup de poisson depuis que j'était jeune. C'est possible d'utiliser l'imparfait ou on doit utiliser le passé composé? Merci, Géraldine

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Michael R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Si vous échouez, essayez-vous de «passer le buck»?

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Frances H.A1KwizIQ community member

Title It seems that the title of this lesson is incorrect, I believe it should read: "Adjectives ending in -s or -x change in the plural forms only when feminine" : )

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Cheryl N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

weekend writing challenge: question about past participle agreementBonjour!, Why didn't the correct answer have an extra "e" on the past participle in the following sentence please, when there is a direct pronoun "me" before the auxillary verb: "mon mari m’avait acheté une belle édition de la pièce d’Oscar Wilde “Salomé”, (mon mari m'avait achetée...?) (assumed that the writer is a woman as she speaks of her husband, & in fact we're later told that the writer is a woman). Cheryl

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