" nous avaient donné plein d'astuces et de conseils à suivre. "

Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" nous avaient donné plein d'astuces et de conseils à suivre. "

Just to ask why it is "de conseils" , not "des conseils" ?

Is it because it is a continuation of "plein de" ?

I believe plein de is invariable, i.e. would never use des.

e.g. "plein de trucs" , "plein de choses"

Thanks

Paul.


Asked 3 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Yes, that's correct.

Richi D.C1Kwiziq community member

Yes, Paul, la forme correcte est plein de, sans s. L'expression "plein de" est invariable lorsqu'elle est utilisée comme un adverbe signifiant "beaucoup de". 

Paul S. asked:

" nous avaient donné plein d'astuces et de conseils à suivre. "

Just to ask why it is "de conseils" , not "des conseils" ?

Is it because it is a continuation of "plein de" ?

I believe plein de is invariable, i.e. would never use des.

e.g. "plein de trucs" , "plein de choses"

Thanks

Paul.


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