"Lentement, je m'y noierai, sans qu'un remord ne me vienne"

emre can c.A2Kwiziq community member

"Lentement, je m'y noierai, sans qu'un remord ne me vienne"

In the song "Tu vas me détruire", we have the sentence "Lentement, je m'y noierai, sans qu'un remord ne me vienne". It seems to me this violates the rule that ne explétif is not used when the main tense is not used with negation.

This question relates to:French lesson "Sans que (+ ne explétif) + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) = Without doing in French"

Asked 3 years ago

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Emre Can,

This grammar rule is often forgotten by native speakers and this is a good example of when this happens.

But well spotted!

Like13 years ago

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Remember, this is poetry.

Like13 years ago

emre can c. asked:

"Lentement, je m'y noierai, sans qu'un remord ne me vienne"

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