Is this used in daily life?

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Is this used in daily life?

In an earlier lesson, we learned that for normal verbs, inversion is usually too formal. People usually say the sentence with an upward inflection or use Est-ce que.

Is that not so in the case of reflexive verbs?

This question relates to:French lesson "Inverted questions with reflexive verbs in the present tense (Le Présent) in French"

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It still sounds very formal to French ears, no difference to non-reflexive verbs in this respect. However, one still needs to know how to form inverted questions.

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Is this used in daily life?

In an earlier lesson, we learned that for normal verbs, inversion is usually too formal. People usually say the sentence with an upward inflection or use Est-ce que.

Is that not so in the case of reflexive verbs?

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