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Is splitting the bill a common occurrence in french restaurants? 

Apologies if this is the wrong topic, but does pense que express uncertainty such that it would be followed by a subjunctive?

Thanks!

is the "ou" supposed to be "ou`"? as in where, not or.

In the last question I chose to use sera and not va être and I wonder why this was considered to be incorrect. I know the difference and if being rigid yes, it's wrong but of course some people will say "will be" rather than "going to be" so some latitude would be helpful. 

I think the audio was too fast for me. Please make it a bit slow as I cannot understand.

Hope it will help me.

Really? No native English speaker would ever say this. One might say "After I did my homework, I went for a walk" but that doesn't mean what I think the question writer is after.

Having had to do something is a state of being, not something after which one takes a walk. Consider a work around to what is said: "After being in a position where I was required to do my homework, I took a walk." Weird, awkward, unidiomatic, and just strange. If this question was written by a native English speaker, it was surely in pursuit of teaching the plupurfect of devoir, which I never hear in conversation. It is something taught but in my experience never used and really never needed. Apparently, whatever exists on the conjugation chart has to be worked into a question....

When I took French in 60s, the pluperfect of devoir was translated as "must have", but I only hear the passe compose in cases where the pluperfect might have worked. Again, I never hear this said and rarely written.

Anyway you look at it, devoir in the past is a condition - not something that happens before something else happens.  So no more is needed than the passe compose IMO.....

For a long time now I've been interacting with lots people on the Q&A forum, trying to help and answer grammar questions. I look at the names and recognize some of them because they post more frequently or because they share their challenges more often. Most of the time, though, I have no idea who I am trying to help.

I recognize Julia, because she is liberal with her likes on questions and answers. I also recognize Jim's name because most of the time he beats me to answering a question ;) And Maarten is someone who has a French wife. Alan posts rarely but when he does, it is usually well researched. There are others, too, but mostly I have no idea who the people are with whom I am interacting.

Wouldn't it be great to add maybe a bit of flesh to our naked profiles on kwiziq that goes beyond a user name and a profile picture? Why are you learning French? Which part of the world are you from? What other languages do you speak?

I'd also love a second forum next to the Q&A section. A forum where we can talk not about grammar but about the process of learning French. Where we can whine a bit when we hit a brick wall, where people can share the resources they use outside of kwiziq, where we can brag about something we just managed to master.

We're all in this together, so let's become "Kwizzers" and harvest the resources that lie in becoming a true community. What do you think? Share your take on this by commenting below.

What is the difference between: 

Qu’est-ce que c’est que le Sacré Coeur à Paris ?

and

Qu'est-ce que le Sacré Coeur à Paris ?