When is it appropriate to use d’ instead of de?

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You use "d'" whenever the next word starts with a vowel. This works for all words ending on the letter "e" when the next word starts with a vowel and is called elision.

Here is the corresponding lesson: https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/glossary/contraction/l-elision-elision

-- Chris.

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Attention!

Chris is correct about elision BUT it does not apply to "all words ending in -e", but only pronouns and prepositions (you cannot apply elision on nouns or adjectives for example!)

Bonne journée !

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Yes, thank you, Aurélie. I forgot about that. To augment this with an example:

"Notre évaluation va commencer tout de suite." 
and NOT 
"Notr' évaluation.....".

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

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Thanks Chris! Spanish has always been my area of expertise and I thought why not take a shot at French.

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Merci pour cet exemple Chris :)

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Bonjour, tout le monde.I have a quick question on the use of 'de' to denote ownership. If I wish to say:"The student's pen", where the student in question happens to be female, would it be correct to say:"Le stylo d'étudiante" ?