Questions about plural form

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Questions about plural form

1. Why can't we use " avec beaucoup des glacons" but we have to use " avec beaucoup de glacons ", why " les " disappears in this case ?

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Freeform Writing Exercise A1

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

You don't use the partitive article with specific quantities (beaucoup is a quantity).

See the links below :

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/when-to-use-de-d-or-du-de-la-de-l-des-with-expressions-of-quantities-beaucoup-assez-peu-etc

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/glossary/article-type/french-partitive-articles-les-articles-partitifs

 

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Thank you very much for this information!

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Questions about plural form

1. Why can't we use " avec beaucoup des glacons" but we have to use " avec beaucoup de glacons ", why " les " disappears in this case ?

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