Alors / à l’époque

manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

À l’initiative d’alors Ministre de la Culture ….. can we say this instead of à l’époque?

Asked 2 years ago

CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Manpreet Kaur,

I have checked and the answers given use the expression 'de l'époque' and not d'alors.

à/sur l'initiative du ministre de la Culture de l'époque Jack Lang

You could say :

à/sur l'iniative de Jack Lang qui était à l'époque ministre de la Culture

but very wordy.

Bonne Continuation !

Like02 years ago

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

À l’initiative d’alors Ministre de la Culture... -- At the initiative of the then Minister of Culture...

I don't see how you could use à l'époque without doing a major re-write of the sentence.

Like02 years ago

À l’initiative d’alors Ministre de la Culture ….. can we say this instead of à l’époque?

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