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for anyone in Sydney, this exhibition will be at the AGNSW from November 2021.
When I used , it was marked out in favor of , which I never hear i conversation. However, at the end of the exercise, I see enlever used when the text is played back. Looks like an oversight or self-contradiction you can easily repair.
Why "Mon fils travaille (present tense) comme promeneur de chiens depuis quelques semaines" for has been working? and not "Mon fils a été travaillant comme promeneur de chiens quelques semaines"?
It is worth noting that the verb "voir" and verbs ending in -cevoir do not follow the same irregular pattern.
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I think that "Your flat pleases us greatly" is just as good as "We like your flat a lot." It's probably a little better translation because it tracks almost literally word for word with the French. (Just as in "Su apartamento nos gusta mucho" could and would be acceptably rendered in either English translation, with no disagreement of substance.)
why is 2h preferable to 2heures? writing the word got me marked as nearly correct
Voilà deux petites cartes que j'avais achetées.
We do not accord in case of avoir verb as opposed to être in passé composé, but in Plus-que-parfait why have we accorded the 'acheter' verb when with avoir? And does the same happen in case of être as well (in Plus-que-parfait?)
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