Point of interest - Université Harvard or 'de Harvard' or 'd'Harvard' or some/all of the preceding ?The speaker clearly says "Université d'Harvard" but is this technically correct ? How would we know ?
Wikipedia refers to Université Harvard, and uses 'de Harvard' for lists of 'presidents of Harvard' etc.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Harvard
Bab.la also shows 'de Harvard' for diplomas '(from )Harvard' etc and in a number of examples referring to Harvard University uses "Université de Harvard". https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-french/harvard
Examples of all 3 are found on this page from linguee https://www.linguee.com/english-french/translation/harvard+university.html
The university is named after (Rev) John Harvard, so my first thought was that it would follow the same format as for instance "Institut Pasteur" and should just be Université Harvard, or at least be treated as h aspiré and be 'de Harvard'. Last on my list would have been d'Harvard. However it appears all are acceptable ?
The above sentence was part of a quiz. Does sur not take a modifier? Shouldn't it be sur l'internet?
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Thanks, Brian
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One of the fill-in-the-blanks exercises has a line, "En novembre, je fais antichambre."
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Should this sentence read ‘Quand on ouvre leur porte’?
If not, please explain. Thanks.
The speaker clearly says "Université d'Harvard" but is this technically correct ? How would we know ?
Wikipedia refers to Université Harvard, and uses 'de Harvard' for lists of 'presidents of Harvard' etc.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Harvard
Bab.la also shows 'de Harvard' for diplomas '(from )Harvard' etc and in a number of examples referring to Harvard University uses "Université de Harvard". https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-french/harvard
Examples of all 3 are found on this page from linguee https://www.linguee.com/english-french/translation/harvard+university.html
The university is named after (Rev) John Harvard, so my first thought was that it would follow the same format as for instance "Institut Pasteur" and should just be Université Harvard, or at least be treated as h aspiré and be 'de Harvard'. Last on my list would have been d'Harvard. However it appears all are acceptable ?
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