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what is the reason
plutôt que de remettre du papier peint - is it remettre de ? because its an infinitive again ?
This question relates to:French writing exercise "New wallpaper in the dining room"
Asked 1 year ago
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Hi James,
Here, the verb remettre is followed by the object 'du papier peint' .
The 'du' is not the preposition, de +le but the partitive, du = some ( unknown quantity)
I would have translated
remettre du papier peint = to re-paper
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