French language Q&A Forum

In the first sentence I think it should be written "je ne m'attendais pas à ce que CE soit si grand". (The 2nd "ce" can be heard on the audio file, but does not appear in the text) 

Bonjour! Je m'appelle Sandré et je viens de Texas en Les États Unis.

Why not simply : J’ai peur qu’il soit à l’heure ? Why is « ne » necessary ?  

How would I know which is correct?:

Cette écharpe rappelle ma mère à moi.

Cette écharpe me rappelle ma mère

I am looking at this sentence - 'Toi qui me faisais sauter sur tes genoux pendant des heures sans que je n'aie jamais l'impression de t'ennuyer' - and wondering about the n' before the jamais. He is saying 'without me ever feeling', not 'without me never feeling'.

is there a list of verbs that do or do not take the ne expletif

Is there a deal for family members who want to get Premium plans at the same time? 

I'm confused as to why "we improved quickly" is in the passé composé rather than the imparfait. Surely the fact that they were quickly improving is an ongoing action in the past rather than something that happened "just like that" at one particular moment? (Having said that, reading the whole passage through again it clearly "feels" like it should be in the passé composé - I'm just not sure why....)

Just pointing out that the accepted answers in this exercise for "I really like Émile" only include "J'aime vraiment Émile" and "J'adore Émile", but the corresponding lesson on the verb "aimer" uses "aimer beaucoup" (rather than "aimer vraiment") to say you really like someone/something. Maybe "J'aime beaucoup Émile" could be added as an acceptable alternative answer so that it matches the attached lesson.

Can you please put more in the story thanks