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"As you say, the intention is essentially "is reported to have said". It's a common u…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 11, 2009 to avoir - aurait

8 Sep 11, 2009
Reply by Pete Laubscher

"I think it's fair to say that inserting the ne is "not wrong", and in some people's…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 11, 2009 to I have never seen ...

7 Sep 11, 2009
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"Pam -- The situation is quite complicated, but as a general rule, speakers tend to…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 11, 2009 to Inversion and est-ce que

5 Sep 11, 2009
Reply by Pamela Kingfisher

"Yes, this is a common request. I'm hoping to add a pronunciation section to the web…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 9, 2009 to What's your bête noire of French grammar?

87 Feb 6, 2011
Reply by Peter Jones

"Well, I don't know if I'm an expert on this point, but with my translator's hat on,…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 7, 2009 to When to use 'quelques' vs 'des'

12 May 9, 2012
Reply by Neil Coffey

"To get you started, you can imagine "en" as meaning "of them". So when you say J'en…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 7, 2009 to en

3 Sep 8, 2009
Reply by Frank

"The usual expression for "homeless" is "sans abri". Of course, if you work in gover…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 6, 2009 to Gîte

7 Sep 7, 2009
Reply by Frank

"Frank -- "swine flu" and "grippe porcine" are perfectly OK medical terms as far as I…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 3, 2009 to Swine influenza

9 Sep 3, 2009
Reply by Frank

"That's interesting-- I think it has to do with the distribution of the [e] and [E] v…"

Neil Coffey replied Sep 2, 2009 to salut

6 Sep 4, 2009
Reply by shagun

"It's included under "swine" in the English-French dictionary (grippe porcine)."

Neil Coffey replied Sep 2, 2009 to Swine influenza

9 Sep 3, 2009
Reply by Frank

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