French language Q&A Forum

Why does mais "elle l'a réussi" get marked wrong, in lieu of "elle l'a eu?" Are they not synonymous? 

The English was "... choose a career".  "Choisir une carrière"  was not accepted.  Would the French always substitue a possessive pronoun for an indefinite article in such an instance ?

Je pense qu'il faudrait ajouter que dans le langage parlé, on ne dit pas "Je le pense", mais plutôt "Oui, je pense", c'est-à-dire, "Je pense que oui".

Is there a difference between "attendre à ce que" and "attendre que"? "J'attendrai que tu t'endormes" = "I'll wait for you to fall asleep" = "I'll wait until you fall asleep". I see no difference in meaning and the simple "que" is more elegant.

Why is the first sentence, "I've always loved school."  translated in the Passé Composé instead of Imparfait: "J'ai toujours adoré l'école" ?  This seems to fit the pattern of giving a description (of me in my past), and since it's "always", it doesn't seem to have a clear beginning and end in the past.

Does this mean that y and le are interchangeable when à is used as a preposition? Obviously meaning is slightly changed but would the different meaning make a huge problem?

e.g. je le veux vs je veux y venir

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.

For the question: 'How could you say "Gregory is going away for the holidays.",' 3 answers are correct:

Gregory part durant les vacances. 

Gregory part pendant les vacances. 

Gregory part pour les vacances.

In the lesson it is explained that durant/pendant is only used "to express a duration with a clear beginning and end." Holiday doesn't have it, so shouldn't be 'pour' the only valid option?