Susan asked: "Isn't "de" used after negative expressions instead of "des"?
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Susan asked: "Isn't "de" used after negative expressions instead of "des"?
"Il n'a mangé que des bonbons." (He only ate sweets.)
This question relates to:French lesson "Using restrictive ne … que to express only with compound tenses (French Negations)"
Asked 8 years ago
Bonjour Susan !
The reason this rule doesn't apply here, is that "ne...que" is more of a restrictive figure than a negative one, meaning that the object is not down to zero as with other negative expressions ("ne...pas", "ne...plus", etc).
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
The reason this rule doesn't apply here, is that "ne...que" is more of a restrictive figure than a negative one, meaning that the object is not down to zero as with other negative expressions ("ne...pas", "ne...plus", etc).
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Aurélie asked:
Susan asked: "Isn't "de" used after negative expressions instead of "des"?
"Il n'a mangé que des bonbons." (He only ate sweets.)
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