French language Q&A Forum

I now know that 'comment ca se fait que..' is followed by the subjunctive, but i don't understand the reason for this. could someone please explain?thank you

Why "ils ont pris le temps"  (passe compose).  It seems to me this should be "ils prenaient les temps"  (imparfait).  This part of the sentence describes the background.  Also, this is an opinion.  I note that the same sentence uses provenaient (imparfait) 

Since it's a matter of opinion, I'm unclear about why the correct statement is "Je l'ai toujours pensé" and NOT "Je le toujours pensais".   Any clarification would be much appreciated.

Why isn`t the statement 'Je sors de Narbonne en ce moment-même.' correct? It seems to be one of the special cases where 'sortir de' can be used when leaving a city (only time). According to Wikepedia Narbonne is a town in France.  The correct answers used partir and quitter which made sense to me but this 3rd sentence also seemed correct.

Appreciate your comments. Thanks.

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on dit ton actrice mais on dit ta mère.

J’AI FAIT BEAUCOUP D’ERREURS, MÊME SI J’AVAIS ÉTUDIÉ LA PLUPART DES POINTS DE GRAMMAIRE. MERCI BEAUCOUP POUR CETTE LEÇON ET AUSSI POUR L’OPPORTUNITÉ DE POSER DES QUESTIONS. 

une fin de semaine prolongée les aideraient  ou une fin de semaine prolongée leur aiderait

Where the lesson says "Both mille and un millier de are followed by a plural verb (sont venus)", am I correct in saying that this only occurs when these adjectives are modifying the subject? The rule is listed after a number of examples, some of which have the adjectives as part of the object/ with no verb following). Let me know if I'm missing something. Thanks!