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"Ah OK, yes it's true that "feelings" can be "sentiments".   Maybe it's just that "se…"

Neil Coffey replied Mar 13, 2011 to Difference between sentir and ressentir

 4 Mar 13, 2011
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"Ed -- I'm guessing you mean "feeling" as in "sensation" (not "sentiment")."

Neil Coffey replied Mar 12, 2011 to Difference between sentir and ressentir

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""past historic" is the usual English term for the passé simple (il fut)."

Neil Coffey replied Mar 12, 2011 to Imperfect tense

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"I think that's the point -- they want to translate the catchphrase for their ad!"

Neil Coffey replied Mar 11, 2011 to We mean business

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Reply by AL Ranson

"It does theoretically exist in English, but I worked for a medical software firm for…"

Neil Coffey replied Mar 9, 2011 to Question about a French word

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"Both words médicament and médecine are normal, everyday French words. However, they…"

Neil Coffey replied Mar 9, 2011 to Question about a French word

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""bizarre" could work, although it's just worth bearing in mind that it may be strayi…"

Neil Coffey replied Mar 8, 2011 to what do they mean?

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"Generally, I think people only use quiconque as the subject of the clause it introdu…"

Neil Coffey replied Mar 7, 2011 to Translation of "to who(ever) you like"

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"N.B. See my explanation above -- in this case, the time reference is more like "had…"

Neil Coffey replied Mar 5, 2011 to Imperfect tense

 10 Mar 12, 2011
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"You may have learnt that:     present tense + depuis = have been ...ing.   This also…"

Neil Coffey replied Mar 5, 2011 to Imperfect tense

 10 Mar 12, 2011
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