The Larousse online dictionary gives the following examples of 'encore' [3. dans des phrases négatives] which follow this rule using ne...pas ne...rien ne...jamais.

je n'ai pas encore fini I haven't finished yet vous n'avez encore rien vu ! you haven't seen anything yet !

je n'avais encore jamais vu ça ! I'd never seen anything like it before !

My question is, why is 'encore' placed after 'pas' but before rien and before jamais?

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Michael D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Improve the quiz questions

Both quiz questions are affirmative statements using verbs that do not use the subjunctive in the affirmative.

Thus, the answers do not use the subjunctive.

But the lesson is about using these verbs in the subjunctive in negative statements.

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Ron B.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is the hyphen essential ?

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Weekend writing challenge: Level B1 "With the summer approaching"Bonjour! Below is a sentence from the B1 weekend writing challenge, with the correct answer following: I tell myself that it might be time to go back to the gym! Hint: Use Le Conditionnel Je me dis qu'il serait temps de retourner a la gym My question is: where is the word "might" in this French translation, please? I was thinking of either using the subjunctive to cast doubt on the action, or including the word "peut-etre"... Why just write the conditional of etre? .. "would be", to mean "might", please? Cheryl

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