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Georgia C.A1KwizIQ community member

en, dans le or au for states, regions and countiesIn the section where you explain about the difference between using en or dans le for states, regions and counties. You say that en is feminine and dans le is masculine. You give some examples of where to use au instead: au texas, au nouveau Mexique, au Québec. But I have had two questions in a row where I was asked what to put for Merseyside and Sussex. Going by the information you provided I put dans le (as they are masculine). I was marked wrong and told the answer was au. Could you please provide the examples of the English counties that use au instead of dans le. Thank you.

Asked 7 years ago

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e. r.A1KwizIQ community member

Very well done and useful. Thank you.

Asked 7 years ago

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Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Les parcs d'attractions ?

As a theme park is « un parc d'attractions » (wordreference/Larousse) shouldn't the plural (general) be « les parcs d'attractions » ? The 's' on the end of « attractions » is being red-lined presently, and the transcription also has « les parcs d'attraction » without the final 's'.

Also, as has come up in at least a couple of other exercises 'very fun' is not considered good English by many (regional - in use US and Canada apparently, but is not good 'British' English) - just 'it is fun', 'it is a lot of fun', 'it is great fun'.

It is not 'very fun' for many of us to see its repeated use.

Asked 5 years ago

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Sharon K.C1KwizIQ community member

When "on" means "nous," the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject "nous."

Therefore, the correct answer here would be "allés," right? I don't understand why the quiz answers say that the answer is "allé.

Asked 7 years ago

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HELENA W.A1KwizIQ community member

Julie veut du chocolat

In the mini quiz after the lesson on Du, I translated this sentence as “Julie wants some chocolate”. The lesson on “du” clearly stated this to mean “some”. Why was I marked as not correct? The answer was given as “Julie wants chocolate”. If this translation is the preferred one why is it not taught in the relevant lesson?

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Spelling mistakes + unanswered questions.

Unfortunately I make lots of mistakes in spelling and often do not answer a question. These can be caused by my clumsiness when using touch screen tablets. It does not necessarily mean that I didn't know the answers. Would it be possible for Kwiziq to introduce a filter which allows the learner to override these "mistakes". I make spelling mistakes using touch screen tablets I would never make when writing long hand. It seems that my keyboard skills are being tested not just my French.

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