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Absolute beginner seeks advice, suggestions and support.

Hello fellow forum members and francophiles, I am a native English speaker with a little knowledge of Polish and Russian. I learned the bas…

Started by Paul Spittle in French Grammar

6 Oct 16, 2013
Reply by Joscelyne Skinner

French word "or"

Below is what the dictionary has.  Is it used in conversation?  merci d'avance       or (avec valeur d'opposition)    yet, but   Il était…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

1 Oct 14, 2013
Reply by Chantal Savignat

Questions and answers in textbooks that don't make sense

These sentences are from a textbook  Q: Est-ce que vous vendez des legumes?A: Non, je ne vends que des fruits Q: Est-ce que vous vendez d…

Started by Valda in French Grammar

3 Oct 13, 2013
Reply by Chantal Savignat

"La majorité" versus "la plupart"

I came across this sentence:  "La majorité de ce livre se déroule en France."   In English, even educated people might say "the majority o…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

1 Oct 11, 2013
Reply by Neil Coffey

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should i use de or des in this sentence

Hi all, i am currently looking to improve my grammar. i like to seek advices from the gurus. In the sentence below: Il y a ______  petits…

Started by Guy in French Grammar

6 Oct 8, 2013
Reply by Neil Coffey

Large numbers

I was reading a newspaper story which quoted a figure for the number of unemployed as "19,178 millions" Do I say this figure as dix neuf…

Started by Bill Morse in French Grammar

4 Oct 6, 2013
Reply by Bill Morse

un fait divers/un brief

I learned the first one but just came across the latter.  Do you hear both?  Is there a difference (one is longer than the other?)  merci d…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

2 Sep 30, 2013
Reply by Chantal Savignat

l'on

I'm aware that the letter "l" is added just because it sounds better.  However, I was just looking at some correspondence from a French uni…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

1 Sep 28, 2013
Reply by Chantal Savignat

"to manage to do..."

I would use the verb "parvenir" for this.  example: "Je suis finalement parvenu à lire le livre."  In studying the verb "faire" I came acro…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

0 Sep 27, 2013

d'un moment à l'autre

The dictionary has this as well as "à tout moment" - at any time, at any moment.  It gave the sentence:    Elle peut arriver à tout moment.…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

8 Sep 25, 2013
Reply by Vedas

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