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"In your second sentence, the reason for only using de and not des is essentially bec…"

Neil Coffey replied Dec 7, 2012 to Use of 'de' versus 'des'

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Key Student

"You actually have three different cases here. For simplicity, I'll respond to each c…"

Neil Coffey replied Dec 7, 2012 to Use of 'de' versus 'des'

3 Dec 7, 2012
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"Exactly -- it's a bit like saying "A rolling boulder gathers no herbacious growth" -…"

Neil Coffey replied Dec 7, 2012 to Translation

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Reply by Brandon Hood

"Yes, it's a fairly common French saying. The only thing is it's not very "French" to…"

Neil Coffey replied Dec 7, 2012 to Translation

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Key Student

"Yes, in that case as you rightly say it would be "Pas ici..."."

Neil Coffey replied Dec 6, 2012 to Function of "de" in these sentences

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"Hi Curt, It would help to have more context, but the first one basically means "Not…"

Neil Coffey replied Dec 6, 2012 to Function of "de" in these sentences

3 Dec 6, 2012
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"A "voice-over" is often referred to as "une voix-off" (cf English "off camera") and…"

Neil Coffey replied Dec 6, 2012 to how to translate "voice-over"

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Key Student

"An idiomatic way of saying this would be "Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec toi" or,…"

Neil Coffey replied Dec 1, 2012 to Seeking a colloquial expression in French

5 Dec 12, 2012
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"It depends a bit on what you regard as the "same construction". Price's observation…"

Neil Coffey replied Nov 29, 2012 to Qui with the meaning " celui qui"

2 Nov 29, 2012
Reply by Curt Jugg

"If the video actually relates to this question and isn't just an advert or copyright…"

Neil Coffey replied Nov 22, 2012 to Qui/Que usage

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