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I don't understand the difference between these two english responses. I chose the scones in the quiz and it was market wrong. Thank you for any clarification.
"Mathilde a rentré la voiture avant qu'il ne pleuve." means:
· Mathilde put the car back (in the garage) before it rained.
· Mathilde returned the car before it rained.
Is it incorrect to use "Est-ce quoi la Sorbonne?". It was marked incorrect on a quiz. Is that because I can't invert c'est in this case?
The see examples are written in English, not French, even in the test. It looks like this page needs editing!
Where is the Eu coming from please?
Does avoir besoin de ever become avoir besoin des or du?
Just checking, the number of minutes are written out in full in all the examples - is there ever a situation in French where numerals are written instead? eg 23 instead of vingt-trois.
Martin likes Sarah. -> Martin aime bien Sarah. I answered this question with simply "Martin aime Sarah", and I wonder why was it marked as a mistake. Nothing in the question suggested that it's the friendly sort of like, it could very well be a romantic sort of like. Both options seem grammatically correct to me. Isn't that right?
Please update the question so that it includes the meaning of the individual words, I am on A0-A1 and it's near impossible to do these questions.
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I thought the following analysis by Google's Gemini was interesting.
Analyse du mot "siècle" ou "siècles" :Le mot correct est "siècle".
Explication :
Le mot "siècle" désigne une période de cent ans.Dans la phrase, il est question d'une période qui s'étend de la fin du XVIIIe siècle au milieu du XIXe siècle.Cette période correspond à un seul siècle, le XIXe siècle.Le mot "siècles" ne serait pas correct car il impliquerait qu'il y a eu plusieurs siècles entre la fin du XVIIIe et le milieu du XIXe siècle.Voici quelques arguments supplémentaires pour justifier le choix du mot "siècle" :
Le contexte de la phrase ne mentionne aucun événement qui se serait déroulé sur plusieurs siècles.L'évolution de l'examen décrite dans la phrase est un processus graduel qui s'est déroulé sur un seul siècle.Le singulier "siècle" est plus précis et plus élégant que le pluriel "siècles" dans ce contexte.Conclusion :
Le mot "siècle" est le choix correct dans cette phrase. Il est plus précis, plus élégant et plus cohérent avec le contexte que le mot "siècles".
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