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Mintoo R.C1Kwiziq community member
Could you please elaborate on the difference between the usage of Le Passé Composé and Passé Simple
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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Manquer àJ'ai toujours eu du mal avec ce verbe.  Je me demande si je pouvais y aller un pas plus loin et dit <Jean me manque et Jean manque à moi>? J'aimerais savoir si les deux sont correcte?  En ce qui concerne les deux phrases, je veux dire <I miss John> en anglais.  Peut-être j'ai tort.  Merci d'avance,
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Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Let's avoid them an awkward situation

The subject text was part of a recent pronouns exercise.

As I understand it the use of the imperative voice was being tested and I wrote "évitons-les" which was incorrect and the correct answer was "évitons-leur" .

I don't understand this because the verb éviter is transitive not intransitive?

I would like to understand why the correct answer is not évitons-les?

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Mintoo R.C1Kwiziq community member
Malgré le fait que + Le Subjonctif and En dépit de + infinitive = despite/in spite of + [doing something] Not Available
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Mintoo R.C1Kwiziq community member
Depuis qu' il est petit, il adore les sucettes. (Since he was small, he's loved lollipops.)This was the question in the mini kwiz. isn't the translation ( since he is small, he loves lollipop) 
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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
for expressing hardly, is there difference between à peine and ne...guère?
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Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
What is the difference between Qu'est-ce que La Sorborne and Qu'est-ce que c'est La Sorborne? Why is the second incorrect?
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Mintoo R.C1Kwiziq community member
Hi, The question might not be completely relevant to this topic. While using direct and indirect object pronouns for them (les/leur) .We check whether a preposition is used to seperate the object to decide whether it's direct or indirect. But how do we know when to use a preposition (for eg- "a parle" (so we use leur), for "conduire" we don't use a preposition (so it becomes les)). 
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David K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
I see no difference between "he only ate sweets" and "he ate sweets only". I have only encountered " que" after the past participle before the object
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David K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Frequently I encounter French people who use "que" on its own.
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