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Quite often my written answer is marked wrong simply because I failed to insert a space before punctuation. I am trying to train myself to add the space, but it does not come naturally for me when I write in English. Why do you insert a space before certain punctuation marks, notably exclamation, colon and question mark? For example: This sentence ! and This list : and This question ?
It seems you do not insert a space before other punctuation marks, such as period or comma, for example:
Like this, or Like that.
Why ?
Bonjour à toutes et à tous,
I would like to know if there is a difference in the usage of these verbs or are they completely interchangeable ? For example, in the sentence "I lifted up a heavy box", which one would be more appropriate ?
Merci
If you decide to re-work any of the lessons, this would be near the top of my list.
You start with all sorts of stuff that doesn't bear on the lesson (perhaps you mean for us to have a review, but I find it confusingly off topic): genders for regions, states, countries; to in English; then the prepositions for the regions. You never mention 'dans', but then use it in first example.
For me, the 3 step principal still works: tell them what you are going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you told them. The approach here is distract them from the topic by referring to previous lessons, then introduce material without explanation, and close with explanation.
It doesn't work for me.
Bonjour!
Why does "J'en vaux vraiment la peine" have en whereas "Ça vaut la peine" doesn't? I've encountered the latter phrase before but with en (i.e. Ça en vaut la peine).
Will appreciate further clarity on this :)
Merci!
To my American mind, if I say I bought new boots it does not mean some new boots. It means I bought a pair of new boots, not some. In order to buy some boots I would have to buy 2 or more pairs of boots, unusual. Sometimes your examples are not helpful for me to know the difference in French. Merci
Hello,
I noticed when using the word beaucoup it can also mean very besides to mean a lot. Do you only use beaucoup with the preposition de after it to mean very? For example Elle a beaucoup de la chance au casino.
Thank you
Nicole
Je confonds. Pourquoi "Ce livre plait a elle" ne vas pas mais "ce livre lui plait" correct?
Merci
The question was: What can this mean? "Simon m'attend a la gare"?
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The following were given as correct:
1). Simon is waiting for me at the station. (I agree)
2). Simon is expecting me at the station. (I don't understand)
With the exception of "expecting a baby" I thought "expecting" was expressed via s'attendre (ie. reflexive)
Surely there would have to be a reflexive pronoun in the sentence for 2). to be true?
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