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"Yes, in song and in formal or careful speech it would be usual to pronounce the [t]…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 21, 2012 to Au secours! Pronunciation Question

 1 Apr 21, 2012
Reply by Neil Coffey

"I would suggest two routes:  - There are a few publications, including one from Lar…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 20, 2012 to Absence of medieval french dictionaries.

 2 Apr 23, 2012
Reply by William Lewis Devlin

"You don't need the "itself": just say "pulling away from the ship". For "une centai…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 19, 2012 to se detacher

 4 Apr 21, 2012
Reply by Neil Coffey

"No, it's que. You can see it like this: underlyingly, the sentence would be: Nous s…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 19, 2012 to Fils de rebelle; Yarns of rebellion

 5 Apr 23, 2012
Reply by Brain Rogue

"You could also consider translating "fut" as something like "represented by". Using…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 18, 2012 to Fils de rebelle; Yarns of rebellion

 5 Apr 23, 2012
Reply by Brain Rogue

"This looks to me like an urban myth. If you look at actual evidence from historic di…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 15, 2012 to Origin of matinee for an afternoon performance?

 5 Apr 16, 2012
Reply by Charles D

""matinée" apparently had a wider interpretation (which I'm not sure is common nowada…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 15, 2012 to Origin of matinee for an afternoon performance?

 5 Apr 16, 2012
Reply by Charles D

"I think these uses are common enough-- perhaps a more common expression that  you've…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 14, 2012 to the word "comble"

 1 Apr 14, 2012
Reply by Neil Coffey

"The choice between imperfect and passé composé probably depends on whether you want…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 13, 2012 to Passe compose ou passe simple?

 2 Apr 13, 2012
Reply by Katerina James

"Ah, OK, I understand. Well, the first verbs ("had not picked up/scribbled") would u…"

Neil Coffey replied Apr 9, 2012 to Tenses please (no need to translate)

 4 Apr 9, 2012
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