Why is “j’habite dans le New Jersey” correct, but “j’habite dans le Texas” wrong?
Fahad
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15/04/19
Texas, New Mexico, and Quebec are exceptions - they use 'au' instead of 'dans' (as if they were countries)
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Lucy
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13 February 2019
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Why is “j’habite dans le New Jersey” correct, but “j’habite dans le Texas” wrong?
This question relates to:
French lesson "En, dans = In, to with regions, states, counties (prepositions)"