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"Basically, in formal/literary usage, de is used instead of des when it comes directl…"

Neil Coffey replied Jul 27, 2010 to Adjectives and "des"/"de"

 9 Jan 30, 2011
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"Probably stands for salade de crevettes (prawn coctail)."

Neil Coffey replied Jul 26, 2010 to can't find in dictionary

 2 Jul 26, 2010
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"In (a), in general the short "function" words ending in -e delete the final -e and u…"

Neil Coffey replied Jul 25, 2010 to Apostraphes and added -t-.

 1 Jul 25, 2010
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"Just a couple of clarifications: In (1), the expression is usually without pas here…"

Neil Coffey replied Jul 25, 2010 to against the rules?

 5 Jul 26, 2010
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"As in all languages, French has a number of sound processes that occur as part of sp…"

Neil Coffey replied Jul 25, 2010 to Shortening words for speaking purposes

 3 Jul 25, 2010
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"With this kind of "sound-bite", it's usually better to sound out a few French people…"

Neil Coffey replied Jul 25, 2010 to Horrible translations using software

 5 Jul 27, 2010
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"Jemma -- in cases like this (and indeed, with translation tasks generally) it helps…"

Neil Coffey replied Jul 18, 2010 to translation

 2 Jul 20, 2010
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"In general, every clause will have one conjugated verb. The situation is actually ve…"

Neil Coffey replied Jul 14, 2010 to Double verbs

 2 Jul 14, 2010
Reply by James H Smith

"In these cases, the verb is transitive, so the translation would be something like:…"

Neil Coffey replied Jul 14, 2010 to Sit on and sit on

 11 Jul 14, 2010
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"It would be Vous pouvez vous asseoir par terre."

Neil Coffey replied Jul 12, 2010 to Sit on and sit on

 11 Jul 14, 2010
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