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Hello - in the exercise it says:.....on a bu notre café sur la terrasse.
Further down in the Q&A, White asked about the difference between 'sur la terrasse' and 'en terrasse'.
Céline's answer seems to suggest that the exercise above is incorrect.
Have I understood correctly i.e. saying 'sur la terrasse' implies that something is actually physically on the terrace and so in effect, the extract should read: .... on a bu notre café en terrasse. ( One would assume that they were sitting on chairs on the terrace and not directly on the surface of the terrace as would be the case of a pot plant etc as per Céline's examples.)
If my understanding is correct, should the exercise not be corrected to say 'en terrasse' instead of 'sur la terrasse' ?
I find this lesson very confusing. The first two sections of it seem contradictory. In one example, it says use "rappeler (a quelqu'un) and in the very next one, it says, don't use de, but has eliminated the a. Can you please help me understand the difference?
Thanks much.
Question: What is the best way to say ''He waited for twenty minutes.''?
Correct Answer: Il a attendu pendant vingt minutes.
Wrong Answer: Il attendait pendant vingt minutes.
If the question was "He was waiting for twenty minutes.", would the correct answer then be "Il attendait pendant vingt minutes."?
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