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The use of "aussi bien que" puzzles me.  Wouldn't "ainsi que" be the correct usage in this context such as:

L'Angleterre, ainsi que la France, a combattu l'Allemagne en 1914.England, as well as France, fought Germany in 1914. 
In contrast, "aussi bien que", means a comparison of abilities such as:
L'Angleterre a combattu l'Allemagne aussi bien que la France en 1914.England fought Germany as well as (as efficiently as) France in 1914.

I am a bit confused about when an extra pronoun comes in to inverted question forms.  I thought that "What does Paul want?" would be "Que Paul veut-il?".  Similarly with "What are the children drawing?", I was expecting "Que les enfants dessinent-ils?

There was a sentence about an Emily,that was given to me,  and I translated it, but the test had translated another phrase "Ici, je suis plus independante". Obviously the Emily phrase did not belong in this paragraph...just so you know...

Bonjour! I was wondering why the verb acheter is as achetées rather than acheté ? Do we know that the person who bought the boots is female or is this another rule that I may have missed ?

Merci :)

Why must I have a circumflex on the i for quoi?

The question is make "Elle s'est maquillée" negative. The following two responses each have a spelling mistake but one is considered "nearly right" and the other is considered incorrect. The answers are "S'est-elle maquillee" and "S'est-elle maquillé". I don't see the difference in the context of the question! Why aren't both "nearly right"?

I don't understand how to use indirect object? 

Hi,

I'm curious of how to distinguish "Ils les leur envoient." and "Il les leur envoie" while listening? They sound same in pronunciation.