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Dans la derniere phrase, pourquoi est-il "decouvrir" DE vraies....| au lieu de "decouvrir DES vraies..." ? Merci.

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Dans la derniere phrase, pourquoi est-il "decouvrir" DE vraies....| au lieu de "decouvrir DES vraies..." ? Merci.

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Because "des" becomes "de" when there is an adjective before the noun: "Des" becomes " de/d' " in front of adjectives preceding nouns (French Partitive Articles)

 

 

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Dans la derniere phrase, pourquoi est-il "decouvrir" DE vraies....| au lieu de "decouvrir DES vraies..." ? Merci.

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