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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

For What It's Worth

I can't speak for the other English speakers around the world, but as a native-born & bred Yank I can tell you that the word "whom" is almost nonexistent in American English. About the only places you will see or hear this in the States is in literature, academia, formal correspondence or maybe in the entertainment or news media. The reality is that Americans overwhelmingly use "who" in all of these cases to the extent that it is the accepted norm (even though it may drive the English professors crazy).

Asked 4 years ago

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M. C.C1Kwiziq community member

Let's go there

If 'Allons-y' is 'Let's go', what is the French for 'Let's go there'?

Asked 5 years ago

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Hudson A.A1Kwiziq community member

The form of imperatif

Can I say "téléphonons -lui"? If not, why? I thought the l'imperatif can be used for the 1re pers au pluriel ( aka nous )? I googled it but I couldn'

Asked 6 years ago

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Kathryn K.C1Kwiziq community member

La moitié

Why "Il a mangé la moitié de son pain" but "Il n'a mangé qu'une moitié du biscuit" ? The grammar note does not explain this.

Asked 3 years ago

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Maren W.C1Kwiziq community member

entre chercher....why chercher?

In the 4th sentence: entre chercher les œufs et les manger, why are these verbs in the infinitive form. I thought they would be in the gerund. Thank you!

Asked 5 years ago

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Karina Y.A2Kwiziq community member

I don't understand...

Hiii so here you have showed us examples but haven't actually explained the function of "ne". What is the point of using "ne" on its own? (I mean when not being paired as ne...pas/ne...que/ne...plus)

I've asked my boyfriend who is french and even he can't explain it to me either haha.

Asked 5 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imperfect vs. Passé Composé Often a problem! I had two different rationales for determining the tense in the first sentence, i.e. "I've never had glasses before." My first thought was that the word 'avant' suggested passé composé, i.e. referring to an event in the past. Upon further consideration, the fact that glasses were not worn in the past seemed to me to be a continuing action, i.e. not wearing glasses over an extended period of time, and therefore called for the imperfect tense. I talked myself out of the first choice and opted for the second, which turned out to be a mistake. Why is the second rationale wrong?

Asked 1 year ago

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D. A.A0Kwiziq community member

why there are no exercise for topics to slove??

i want couple of exercise

Asked 6 years ago

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