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The past before the past: le plus-que-parfaitForming the plus-que-parfait with the imperfect of the auxiliary, and using it for what…Compound relatives: lequel, auquel, ce dontChoosing the relative when a preposition comes first, contracting with à and de, and…Negation beyond ne… pasChoosing the second half of the negation, placing it correctly with infinitives and the…Present participle, gérondif and verbal adjectiveTelling apart the three -ant forms: the gérondif with en, the present participle that…Depuis, pendant, il y a, dans, enChoosing among the five depending on whether you mean a starting point, a finished…Stressed pronouns and pronoun orderUsing moi, toi, lui, eux after prepositions, in comparisons and for emphasis; and…
Another oneKeep practising: FrenchThe rule, in three lines
Reconstruct why an option was recommended and what the new fact changes. Preserve criteria that remain valid; limit or replace the advice only as far as the exception requires.
The usual slip. Keep the advice without examining the exception, or extend the new case to the whole group.
Why it catches you out. Do not turn usually into an unconditional rule: check which assumption the new fact changes.
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- The past before the past: le plus-que-parfaitForming the plus-que-parfait with the imperfect of the auxiliary, and using it for what…
- Compound relatives: lequel, auquel, ce dontChoosing the relative when a preposition comes first, contracting with à and de, and…
- Negation beyond ne… pasChoosing the second half of the negation, placing it correctly with infinitives and the…