le gâteau était en forme de fusée ! so forme and fusée are two nouns with noun 2 acting as adjective (like 'la salle de classe). No article before first noun because of preposition 'en' which kinda fools us(well me) a bit. I tried "they made rocket shaped cakes" and got "ils ont fait des gâteaux en forme de fusée". Rockets have ONE SHAPE and thus all the cakes had that ONE shape.

I tried "they made cards in the shapes of flowers" and got "ils ont fait des cartes en forme de fleurs". Not 'formes'! Usually even behind idioms are solid grammatical truths.. I suspect this is a dumb question but does the use of 'en' in this context require a singular noun. Examples of 'not' dont come to mind... unless with a noun like 'larmes' which is really be default plural.

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steve i.C1Kwiziq community member

Avant de + infinitive

The guidance says 'any object is placed between the de and the infinitive' so I'm puzzled as to why the example given doesn't end 'avant d'une solution trouver' instead of the given 'avant de trouver une solution'. Merci!

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Tatiana D.C1Kwiziq community member

L’histoire de la France

Bonjour à tous ! I did a bit of the research and I would say le Dauphin and Charles d’Orléans are two different people. Le Dauphin, the son of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria, became indeed Charles VII but Charles d’Orléans is the son of the assassinated Louis I d’Orléans, Duke of Orléans.

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Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Using ‘depuis’ and ‘I’ll

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Dot L.A1Kwiziq community member

If convenir is used to mean to agree what preposition follows?

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Kelly B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hello, this verb structure seems similar to plaire. Is there any reason plaire is not mentioned in this page? Just wondering. Merci beaucoup!