Bonjour Maloyendra !
Actually, it's one of these cases where although many French people make that mistake, it is indeed grammatically incorrect to use "des" in this context:
J'ai vu des de magnifiques endroits.
Bonne journée !
I don't understand why it isn't d'endroits magnifiques then?
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I don't understand why it isn't d'endroits magnifiques then?
This question relates to:French lesson ""Des" becomes " de/d' " in front of adjectives preceding nouns (French Partitive Articles)"
Asked 7 years ago
LauraNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq
Bonjour Lisa,
The rule is that des becomes de in front of an adjective + noun. Endroits magnifiques is a noun + adjective, so des remains des.
Maloyendra M.Kwiziq community member
Isn't this an optional rule, in that "de" is considered more elegant but "des" isn't grammatically incorrect either?
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