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In the examples given,
C'est pratique, les ciseaux.
There is an adverb and a noun. Why would this not be ce sont? is les ciseaux similar to par of jeans? Where it is plural but acts singular? If this is so it is a slightly confusing example. Thank you.
The quiz says: "Lucas a monté la nouvelle armoire de sa soeur: means.
The 2 answers expected were:
1. Lucas assembled his sister's new wardrobe.
2. Lucas took his sister's new wardrobe upstairs.
But the French does not specify the location so the translation can only be "Lucas took his sister's new wardrobe up" - not upstairs. Perhaps it was up a ramp or a hill. Since that translation was not offered surely only the one answer should be allowed.
A sentence mentions-
La compagnie pour laquelle je travaille a les meilleurs résultats du secteur.The company for which I work has the best results in the industry.
I would like to ask whether “dans laquelle” is also acceptable ?
Also if a sentence is given-
L’automne est la saison .................... les feuilles jaunissent.
I came up with the following options-
pendant laquelle/ dans laquelle/ en laquelle
Which of the above is grammatically accurate?
Je vous remercierais pour votre réponse.
This exercise only accepts "Je ne sais pas quoi dire" as translation, but I just wanted to confirm that "Je ne sais que dire" is also correct, or is there some difference in meaning between the two that excludes the latter?
In the lesson it states: "A rarer occurence is when ainsi que is followed by a conjugated verb (in the Indicative) to express (just) as", however, the example uses the Imparfait:
"Tout se passe ainsi que je l'avais prévu."
There would seem to be a mismatch here ... could you please shed some light on this?
regards, Scott
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