Referring to a comment made by Cecile in a separate discussion, she states that savoir is the instinctive verb that the French would use when using "par cœur" as it indicates that you know the lesson for sure....

What am I missing?

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Roy S.A2Kwiziq community member

In the sentence".....quand on fume....". "On" is translated as "people", I thought that "on" was singular.

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of 'auquel' / 'à qui' instead of 'que'

In the lesson ‘Que = Whom, which, that (relative pronouns)’ an example sentence is given as:

‘La femme que je dessine’

An example sentence from this lesson is: ‘Le chat, auquel tu as fait peur’ OR ‘Le chat, à qui tu as fait peur’

I’m struggling to understand why is ‘Le chat, que tu as fait peur’ is not used?

Thanks

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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Prescriptive versus descriptive EnglishI read the Q&A for this lesson on collective nouns and the discussion at https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/is-this-english-correct and I see where Kwiziq is coming from. However, it would clearer for many Engliish speakers if you left out the "how it is in English" versus "how it is in French" comparisons. There are too many interpretations of collective nouns in different forms of English, and many of us haven't learnt the English prescriptions, so we are probably making frequent mistakes in English. In other words, just give teach the French grammar.

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Brittany H.C1Kwiziq community member

Instead of "Je ne fais pas de bruit," is "Je ne fais aucun de bruit" also acceptable?

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What is inside the box?

Qu'est dans la boîte?

Quel est dans la boîte?

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Sue M.C1Kwiziq community member

The lesson is fine - it is the answers to kwizzes where there is a discrepancy,I think. An omitted ‘de’ is marked correct.

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Eric D.C1Kwiziq community member

confusion over s'attendre à ce que

I am currently reading a book, "Comment avoir une orthographe qui mène au succès", written by Pr Robert Tocquet. He claims s'attendre à ce que is not correct, rather it is a barbarism. Here is what he wrote: S'attendre, consentir à ce que. (S'attendre, consentir que.)
Il y a quatre verbes qui se construisent avec que (et non à ce que) : aimer, s’attendre, consentir et demander.

You can download for free a copy of this great book here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4bdN-sQj8mOU1ZSYXB0aGVSVDQ/edit

However, any comments from the Kwiziq community about this.

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Yashika A.A1Kwiziq community member

In first example" La maison des Jackson est sur la gauche."

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