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I just wanted to confirm that "cet après-midi" would have also been acceptable ? I didn't realise it, but there seems to be a polemic about the gender of après-midi,  it can apparently be either masculine or feminine, but  l'Académie favours the masculine.

Does that seem reasonable in the context of this dictée ? Any other comments anyone ?

Thanks, Paul.

see this link

https://forum.lefigaro.fr/forum/affich-490-cet-ou-cette-apres-midi

Si j'ai bien compris, la prouesse peux s'exprimer au pluriel. C'est undifference idiomatique entre le francais et l'anglais.

In the last sentence, the speaker says he can't eat salad without bread and "salad" is expressed as "de salade." Shouldn't it be "de la salade?"

to think of someone is both de and a int he examples, is there a way to know which to use?

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when is the object before the verb eg je lui parle and when after je parle a lui

If not, then why does "Je sors au restaurant" imply that the destination is the restaurant? Since both sentences have the same structure "sortir à"  

I translated: and when he finds the treasure, as :-

- et quand il trouve le trésor

but was marked incorrect with 'le' being replaced with 'son'. 

Is that correct?

I am reading an easy french novel and am confused about the grammer in these instances:

Il ne vous reste qu'a (with accent acute) vous enfuir.

qu'est-ce que j'ai a (with accent acute) perdre

why is the enfuir not conjugated, and preceded by the a?

why do you need the a before the perdre?

thanks for your help

Jill