French language Q&A Forum

In English there is a formal difference between "old" and "antique". For a car to be "antique", it must be at least a certain number of years old. Similarly, "veteran" cars must also be at least a certain number of years old, which is less than the definition of "antique". Isn't there a formal distinction between "old" and "antique" and "veteran" in French?

The given translation of "It's green" is "C'est vert". But surely usually it would be "Il est vert" because normally "green" applies to a specific thing. If you were talking about a landscape perhaps it could be "C'est vert", but in any case "Il est vert" should not be marked as wrong, should it? If it should, then your advanced lesson on the difference needs clarification.

I've checked a couple of dictionaries, and I think oxide is not a french word, and it should be oxyde.

The correct answer is given as "dernieres decennies."  I was always taught that when dernieres precedes the noun, it means "final."  Derniere comes after the noun to mean "recent" or "preceding."