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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mélanie joue plus que Karine aux cartes.

Mélanie joue plus que Karine aux cartes. which is marked wrong seems to me to be just an inversion of Melanie joue aux cartes plus que Karine which is correct. Is this just one of those things the French dont do, or is there an underlying reason why the first version is wrong, please?

Asked 4 years ago

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Tibor H.B2Kwiziq community member

Would this be passé composé or imparfait?

Hello,

This is the sentence I'm talking about: He was sick all day yesterday.

This is why I'm confused:

a) It could be imparfait because I believe that when you talk about health, you use the imparfait.

b) It could be passé composé because you know the time-frame of when it (him being sick) took place: all day yesterday.

Asked 4 years ago

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Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Usage questions

In the last sentence, "nous nous écrions : "Bonne Année !", why is the verb reflexive, or, why is the second nous, needed?

Asked 5 years ago

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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Médecin ou docteur

J’ai utilisé les médecins dans la texte. Ce n’est pas correct ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Shampoo and shampoo bottle

Checking a couple of points

Both 'shampoing' and 'shampooing' are formally accepted and used spellings, but the latter is being 'corrected' to the former here.

A 'bottle' of shampoo is mostly advertised and sold as 'un flacon' - ' j'ai fini le flacon ' is not accepted as correct though.

https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S1514-A

https://www.carrefour.fr/p/shampoing-cheveux-normaux-carrefour-soft-3560070965137

https://www.e.leclerc/fp/dercos-psolution-shampooing-traitant-keratoreducteur-3337875787222

Asked 1 year ago

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Gary J.C1Kwiziq community member

This lesson was confusing to me , until I looked up: personne-pronoun/masc-nobody; personne/noun/fem-person

Asked 4 years ago

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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

Needs more explanation

Hi, I just want to echo some of the sentiments and questions expressed below in that I find this lesson insufficient for helping me feel comfortable with the reasons that different verb tenses were used in the examples. Thanks for considering this feedback!

Asked 6 years ago

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Ann C.C1Kwiziq community member

numbers or written out

What is customary for writing out numbers? Is it common to write "6" ans but not 8h30?

Asked 5 years ago

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paul b.B2Kwiziq community member

Meme question d'Adrian

Why: "afin de pouvoir les utiliser comme un engrais naturel"

when, "afin l'utiliser comme un engrais naturel"

would seem to be a more elegant answer, and be a more literal translation? Adding pouvoir seems to complicate the issue.