In writing French, when do you use "on" and when do you use "nous" ?
on and nous
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on and nous
This question relates to:French writing exercise "Our camper holiday [US: RV vacation]"
Asked 3 years ago
If using a higher register, you would normally use nous for a defined group of people and on for a general group (where you might use "one" in English).
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