Salut, If it is correct to say, Je suis en train de lire le journal, why can't one say, "Mes oncles sont en train de peler des pommes de terre dans la cuisine." ?
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Laura C.Kwiziq community member
en train de
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate -eter and -eler verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent) - with "è""
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Laura,
It is simply because we were just testing the conjugation of the verb 'peler' and not the expression 'être en train de peler'.
The system doesn't accept freeform answers in these kwiz questions.
Bonne Continuation !
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
It is certainly grammatically correct. Whether it is also stylistically accurate depends on the context.
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