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"I think that I saw their phone number" : As "I" is the subject for both verbs i.e. "think" and "saw", would "Je pense avoir vu leur numéro quelque part" be an acceptable alternative here, or would that just be wrong?
I said "Grâce à sa bonté et à sa joie de vivre" instead of "Grâce à sa gentillesse et à sa joie de vivre" and was marked wrong. Isn't "bonté" French for "Kindness"? Thanks.
There were several alternate answers to 'I was taking an exam this morning' and they all used the word 'un exam' But in the full text presented at the end, it became 'un examen'. I have noticed this sort of disagreement every once in a while.
Thanks, Jack
PS. The writing exercises are extremely helpful !
Is it also OK to say:
Il on a besoin avoir du bois sec as we as il faut avoir du bois sec.
SEC is one syllable - I thought one syllable adjectives went before the noun?
je choisis.. un lieu nouveau AND ... un nouveau lieu also correct? how come? is it correct to place nouveau after or before the noun?
In the translation of ” and I'm skint [US: broke] because of all the gifts that I must buy”, they use the expression ”à cause de” for because of. I was wondering if "en raison de" could be substituted for "à cause de". I tried it but it wasn't accepted. Is there a subtle difference that I don't understand?
is pire only for adjectives and not for adverbs? eg is it correct to say "je danse le plus mal", but wrong to say "je danse le pire"? thanks!
is this normal use in French or is the English translation here slightly incorrect?
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