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She went to France for vacations, she generally rents a house in the country. Then she goes to the village to buy some fruits and vegetables, and to talk with some neighbors. Then she passes by a beakey and she buys a  warm baguette and a croissant for breakfast. In the afternoon she takes a walk in the country to explore the region. Sometimes she likes to have a fruit tart and she invites a few friends over for a snack. These are very relaxing vacations.

Why is de soeurs correct instead of des soeurs?

I think the explanation for avoir envie de vomir needs to be amended to say that this can be expressed using avoir besoin de as well as using devoir. Having studied the lesson, I assumed you could only use avoir envie de. 

My computer is not allowing me to type the cedilla. So I am getting all these wrong!

How do you know if a word requires avoir or être in passé composé like for eg finir how do we know if it requires avoir or être when you see the word 

In the last sentence, starting with 'Barbara...', the hint was to use the 'informal you', so I put 'vous', and it was marked as wrong, that I should have put 'tu'.

Is there something I don't understand concerning the issue of formality?

Thanks, Andreas.

Why isn't ces used in this reply - given that les livres is plural

How are we to guess at correct punctuation?  Unless you can remember the entire speech, it is sometimes difficult to tell whether a section should end with a comma, a period or an exclamation point.  (And, actually, the sentence beginning "Paul va prendre sa voiture..." is a declarative sentence and not a question.) I have not been counting myself off where such punctuation is concerned because there seems to be no definite way to determine what the correct punctuation should be.