a gap or breach - French Language2024-03-28T16:53:21Zhttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/forum/topics/a-gap-or-breach?commentId=3179028%3AComment%3A1383050&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noi'd say only an educated angl…tag:www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk,2020-12-19:3179028:Comment:13830502020-12-19T10:08:00.926Zalan gouldhttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/profile/alangould
<p>i'd say only an educated anglo uses it -- a breach in a wall, a breach in security, a breach in the audio. gap is the common word. </p>
<p>use "an" before a vowel and a "h" if it's not pronounced. u want a smooth transition between vowel sounds. so there's no reason to say "an big ice cube" but there's a reason to say "it was an honor to meet u." the "h" isn't pronounced, but "honor" is spoken as if it's "onor" so u need "an" not "a."</p>
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<p>"Ils ont ouvert une…</p>
<p>i'd say only an educated anglo uses it -- a breach in a wall, a breach in security, a breach in the audio. gap is the common word. </p>
<p>use "an" before a vowel and a "h" if it's not pronounced. u want a smooth transition between vowel sounds. so there's no reason to say "an big ice cube" but there's a reason to say "it was an honor to meet u." the "h" isn't pronounced, but "honor" is spoken as if it's "onor" so u need "an" not "a."</p>
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<p>"Ils ont ouvert une brêche"</p>
<p>une brêche is very very small. imagine an big ice cube, you hit with a hammer, there is a kind of thin zigzag line with just a thin opening : it's "une brêche" it's a fragility, if you hit in the same point, it will break ....</p>
<p>figuratively,</p>
<p>"ils ont ouvert une breche dans le monopole de l'opérateur historique"</p>
<p>it means that there was an existing big deal with one society and only this society, and no one could before do something against that with success. But then someone succeed to do something, maybe a very little thing but with success (it's the first shot on the ice)</p>
<p>i'm not sure what the above paragraph means but it's not important. "and no one....</p>
<p>no one could successfully challenge it before or no one before could successfully challenge it. i wouldn't put before after "could" but i don't think there's a reason. it's just that it sounds better. </p>
<p>succeed is used infrequently. instead use "successful or" "successfully" </p>
<p>u wrote "but then someone succeed to do something" it would b someone succeeds but i'd write "manages to successfully challenge the system, the status quo." i hope u manage or i hope u're successful. </p>
<p></p> "Ils ont ouvert une brêche"
u…tag:www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk,2020-12-18:3179028:Comment:13827872020-12-18T11:07:32.537ZChantal Savignathttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/profile/ChantalSavignat
<p>"Ils ont ouvert une brêche"</p>
<p>une brêche is very very small. imagine an big ice cube, you hit with a hammer, there is a kind of thin zigzag line with just a thin opening : it's "une brêche" it's a fragility, if you hit in the same point, it will break ....</p>
<p>figuratively,</p>
<p>"ils ont ouvert une breche dans le monopole de l'opérateur historique"</p>
<p>it means that there was an existing big deal with one society and only this society, and no one could before do something…</p>
<p>"Ils ont ouvert une brêche"</p>
<p>une brêche is very very small. imagine an big ice cube, you hit with a hammer, there is a kind of thin zigzag line with just a thin opening : it's "une brêche" it's a fragility, if you hit in the same point, it will break ....</p>
<p>figuratively,</p>
<p>"ils ont ouvert une breche dans le monopole de l'opérateur historique"</p>
<p>it means that there was an existing big deal with one society and only this society, and no one could before do something against that with success. But then someone succeed to do something, maybe a very little thing but with success (it's the first shot on the ice)</p>