They have the art of making us doubt.
The agreements of the French language are sometimes painful.
Migraine, exasperation ... We do not always control their side effects!
Should we write
"she allowed herself to arrive late"
or
"allowed"
?
In what context does the pronominal verb
"to succeed"
agree?
Many of these rules consistently resist us.
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Yes, these rules are as rough as scratching paper.
But after dark ... light!
A little practice, and the tortuous cogs of the French turn out to be clearer than they appear.
Thus the agreement of the past participle, source of many errors.
In the sentence:
"These sheep that the shepherd sheared are cold"
, the verb
"shear"
fits well with
"sheep"
, because the direct object
"that"
is placed before
"sheared"
, as well as Jean-Joseph Julaud notes it in
10 French rules to make 99% less mistakes.
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