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Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

Need clarification on use of PIRE as an adverb

Pierre joue mal, Louis joue encore plus mal que lui, mais c'est Karl qui joue le plus mal. Can 'pire' be used instead of the 2nd and 3rd highlighted adverbs? Also is pire=le pire? "the worst"? E.g. C'est le pire film. (Its the worst film.) Thanks in advance.

Asked 5 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

à versus pour

Normally, I think of using the preposition "à " when referring to a city. In this passage, they land in (à) Paris but they take the train to (pour) Florence. I am guessing that Florence is not an exception as a city but rather one takes the train for or to a city using the preposition, pour, instead of à. Is that correct?

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Près de 300 vs. presque 300"Around Strasbourg's majestic cathedral, close to 300 decorated chalets sell..." In regard to "close to" why is 'presque' not a possibility? Thanks, in advance.

Asked 3 years ago

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Terri R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

This is a question on grading the writing challenges (which are great-Thanks!)I struggle with grading the Writing Challenges. An example I have just had: The correct answers were (1) "on a beaucoup de choix", and (2) "on a plein d'options". My answer was a mixture of the two: "on a beaucoup d'options". Question: when there are two correct answers, are the parts 'interchangable'? Are "a plein d' " interchangeable with "a beaucoup de", and "d'options" with "de choix"? Or is the correct answer exactly as it is written in the first or the second sentence? I hope this makes sense! Thank you in advance for your help! Terri

Asked 9 years ago

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Jim J.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Let's avoid them an awkward situation

The subject text was part of a recent pronouns exercise.

As I understand it the use of the imperative voice was being tested and I wrote "évitons-les" which was incorrect and the correct answer was "évitons-leur" .

I don't understand this because the verb éviter is transitive not intransitive?

I would like to understand why the correct answer is not évitons-les?

Asked 7 years ago

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Kate D.B2KwizIQ community member

Imperative - tu form of donner

On the quiz, the correct answer to the imperative form of donner for tu is marked as "donne", not "donnes". Am I missing something or is it supposed to be "donne-moi"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Rob L.C1KwizIQ community member

On with avoir verbs

It would be useful for this lesson to point out that the issue of agreement only arises with être verbs (and the passive voice). No question arises for example with "Hier, on a quitté le travail plus tôt."

Asked 6 years ago

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Saw H.KwizIQ community member

J’ai achetè du pain à faire un gâteau . Is that right to use à instead of using pour ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Marnie C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

nous irons à la bibliotèqueAurélie: A very frivolous remark... i think you should add this translation to your possible list of answers: “we will iron at the library!”. Sorry I can’t help myself..some of your translations are so funny!

Asked 7 years ago

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Donald H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Je l'aiderai jusqu'à ce qu'elle puisse le faire toute seulePourrais-je utiliser <lui-même> au lieu de <toute seule> dans cette phrase? Je n'ai jamais vu <toute seule> mais je le comprends. Merci d'avance de m'avoir aidé. Don