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«Vieux» might be considered an exception to this rule, as the adjective has 2 masculine singular forms, but the feminine singular form (vieille) always follows the form of «vieil» , regardless of whether followed by a vowel/mute h or a consonant. I don't know of any others - does anyone else?

Bonjour,

Could you please explain why "de" was used instead of "des" in the example of this lesson:

Je devrai changer de vêtements.

Merci.

Thanks for your helpful and amazing website. I have a question, why would you use « langues de prestige » and not « langues de la prestige »? 

Helle team

Could I use c'est quand instead of c'est la que to mean "that is when" ?   Sincerely Una

Oh non ! pas ____ pain sec. ____ belles oranges, alors !

Confused again.. your examples all use the form “il est dix heures vingt-cinq”.. in response to “quelle heure est-il”, would c’est dix heures vingt-cinq be equally acceptable?

A bit confused.. just taken a test and this question..

Write "I am in front of the school." : "Je suis ________ l'école."

I used “en face de” which is marked as incorrect. Devant certainly works but why is en face de wrong? Linguee is happy with it!

Are both of these sentences correct?

il est parti il y a trois semaines (he left 3 weeks ago)

il est parti pendant trois semaines (he has been gone for 3 weeks)