This answer was said to be correct however I had not ticked it because I thought « de onze » was incorrect. Why isn’t it « d’onze » ?
Pourquoi de onze pas d’onze?
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Stephanie B.Kwiziq community member
Pourquoi de onze pas d’onze?
La Fausse des Mariannes est profonde de onze kilomètres.
This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing dimensions and measurements in French (French Numbers)"
Asked 5 years ago
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Hi Stephanie,
You do not use elision with 'onze' and you cannot liaise if a consonant comes before it either, so you will say -
Les //onze étudiants sont arrivés en retard
without liaising between the -s of les and the -é of étudiants.
I suppose it is to make it clear that we are talking about the number eleven.
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