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"Possibly the best way to understand this is to break it down. The first thing to rea…"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 26, 2011 to please clarify

2 Feb 26, 2011
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"It's basically as you say: "aucune personne" is a more emphatic version, similar to…"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 26, 2011 to Personne & Aucune personne

11 Mar 5, 2011
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"Lauris -- my point was that it is due to the placement of the adjective in that the…"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 24, 2011 to How would you distinguish between these two in french

7 Feb 24, 2011
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"The word "youth" can be used as a collective noun, or to refer to an individual.   S…"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 24, 2011 to How would you distinguish between these two in french

7 Feb 24, 2011
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"I'm guessing you were looking for a case where the placement of the adjective causes…"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 23, 2011 to How would you distinguish between these two in french

7 Feb 24, 2011
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"If it's with "de peur que...", rather than "au cas où", then yes, the subjunctive wo…"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 23, 2011 to why do you study french

9 Feb 23, 2011
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"Thank you, that's very interesting-- my observation had been that people just automa…"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 22, 2011 to why do you study french

9 Feb 23, 2011
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"Erwan, I think the conditional with "au cas où..." is pretty well accepted (see exam…"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 22, 2011 to why do you study french

9 Feb 23, 2011
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"Erwan -- just out of interest, do you prefer this to "...je serais obligé de..."?"

Neil Coffey replied Feb 22, 2011 to why do you study french

9 Feb 23, 2011
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"Yes, thank you and sorry for the typo! I will correct in the original post."

Neil Coffey replied Feb 21, 2011 to A new construction for me [inversion with present tense 'je' forms]

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