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French past participle agreement
The rule, the three cases and the classic traps (reflexive verbs, object placed before, "laissé + infinitive").
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French typography rules
Spaces before double punctuation, « … » quotes, accented capitals, dashes: the rules of French typography.
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Common French homophones
a/à, ou/où, ce/se, ces/ses: the substitution-word trick that stops these classic French spelling mix-ups for good.
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French compound noun plurals
Noun + noun, verb + noun, adverb + noun: the rule that decides which parts of a French compound word take an "s" in the plural.
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Common English mistakes French speakers make
"I am agree", "I have 30 years", the missing third-person "s": the mistakes that give away a French speaker, even at a good level.
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English-French false friends
actually, library, sensible, deception… the English words that look like French but mean something entirely different.
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The French present subjunctive: when and how to use it
Formation, irregular verbs and the classic "après que" vs "avant que" trap: the French present subjunctive, finally clear.
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English vs French punctuation: the differences to know
Quotation marks, spacing before double punctuation, the Oxford comma and number separators: what changes between the two languages.
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The most common English homophones
their/there/they're, your/you're, its/it's: the English homophones that trip up even native speakers, with the trick to never mix them up.
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Time and place prepositions in English (in, on, at)
In the morning, on Monday, at 8am: the logic behind in, on and at in English, so you pick the right one without hesitating.
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The most common English irregular verbs
Be, go, have, do... the most-used English irregular verbs, with all three forms, so you never hesitate in the past tense.
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French color adjective agreement
Blue eyes, navy blue shoes: the often-forgotten rule of French color adjective agreement, with its exceptions.
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French location prepositions: à, en, dans, sur, chez
When to use à, en, dans, sur or chez to talk about a place — including the tricky special cases.
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English past tenses: preterit vs present perfect
The distinction that trips up French speakers the most: when to use the preterit versus the present perfect.
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French registers: familiar, standard, formal
Recognizing and adapting your level of French to the context, in writing and speech.
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