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Georgia C.A1Kwiziq community member

en, dans le or au for states, regions and countiesIn the section where you explain about the difference between using en or dans le for states, regions and counties. You say that en is feminine and dans le is masculine. You give some examples of where to use au instead: au texas, au nouveau Mexique, au Québec. But I have had two questions in a row where I was asked what to put for Merseyside and Sussex. Going by the information you provided I put dans le (as they are masculine). I was marked wrong and told the answer was au. Could you please provide the examples of the English counties that use au instead of dans le. Thank you.

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Run on sentence

Bonjour Cécile. A few weeks ago I said I’d find an example of a run on sentence. In this lesson, I had one: Je ne peux pas parler maintenant, je suis en train de travailler. In English, we’d separate the two independent clauses with a semi-colon or a period, not a comma. I’m asking if it’s standard in French to use a comma to separate two clauses? Merci pour votre réponse !

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S. P.A2Kwiziq community member

touts incorrect spelling

In on of the A2 the lesson there is a spelling ... touts... an incorrect answer, but bad spellers like me are likely to remember this. Please could yo not use incorrect spellings, its really confusing.

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Mabita P.B1Kwiziq community member

The answer to Joanne's questionHi Chris, Can you elaborate a little more on this please? "Oui, je les ai tous. -- Yes, I have them all. This makes no reference to any group of things of which you have taken some or all." I'm a little confused, why we can't say "J'en ai tous" but we say "J'en ai un". Thank you!

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J. E.A1Kwiziq community member

c'est la même chose / c'est le même chose

I am just wondering what female noun is it specifically referring to. Many thanks

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Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Are there a set number of reflexive verbs, or can you make almost any verb reflexive?

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Sheetal S.A1Kwiziq community member

Negation in french

I have read earlier that while doing negation in avoir we should change the articles into de for example.. J'ai un Stylo

Je n'ai pas de Stylo. Then how to follow this rule while using verbs

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Sheetal S.A1Kwiziq community member

What is the meaning of " il est vraiment bon aujourdhui " if only we can use faire for weather then what this sentence mean and I read it only here..

My question is.. What is the meaning of il est vraiment bon aujourdhui " when we only use faire for weather..

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

il regarde "de" chaque côté de la pièce. Why is there a 'de' in front of 'chaque'?

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The only fly in the ointment

I didn’t have a clue what the colloquial for “The only fly in the ointment” was, so I had a wee search online and one suggestion was “Un seul cheval dans la soupe”, which made me laugh so I used that. I know you marked me wrong in favour of “La seule ombre au tableau”, but can the used ?

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