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Pourquoi on dit" il vient à la canne" pas " au canne"?

Hello,

why is it j'ai eu plus de mal avec rather than du?

Also, why is it EU instead of AVAIS...

Thanks.

 For "real disaster", shouldn't it be behind the noun?

In a quiz: 

Q:  Qui est cet homme?

A:  C’est Marc Dupré.

Why C'est and not Il est?  

The first rule in the lesson for C’est is that you use it if it/he/she is followed by un/une/le/la or another article.  That is not the case here.

The second rule is to use C'est to express general, unspecific statements and opinions, referring to a thing generally, as in something unspecified is great or delicious, like "Science is fun!".  But here, the answer is identifying a specific person, Marc Dupré, not a general concept.  

Thanks.

How would "what's that (used) for" and "what does that mean" look in french (considering the three ways of asking question(s))?

1) À quoi ça sert? Que veut dire ça?

2) Ça sert à quoi? Ça veut dire quoi, ça?

3) Qu'est-ce que ça sert? Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire?

"Le couteau, dont Marc a cassé le manche, est bleu." What/who is blue?

vs

"Le couteau, que Marc a cassé le manche, est bleu." What/who is blue?

What would be the difference between dont and que here? 

both  google and deep L give the translation for roller coaster as les montagne russes but you didn't give this as an option. Are both used or is grand huit more common?

Is there any difference between the two ? or is se retrouver to meet someone which is prearranged and rencontrer more random? I've noticed that kwizik seems to favour se retrouver as the best answer

thanks