French language Q&A Forum

A million years ago when I was at school doing French dictees, the teacher would read out the punctuation. Would it be possible to do that, too? I don't feel like docking points off my score because I put a full stop rather than an exclamation mark! 

Is complète an acceptable alternative to 'finit' ? 

My understanding is that for a general comment, 'C'est' is used when followed by any determiner.

I agree with the last two questions. 'Elle est' seems correct, as it is a description of a specific person. 

to me it sounds like 

La planète mérite bien cet effort 

Why is it ce modèle instead of cette modèle?

Thanks in advance!

I had a test question to fill in the blanks: comment ___ vos enfants? 

I put : vont-ils

The answer is : vont

I don't understand why I am wrong. If so, how to express the same meaning with inverted question? Thanks.

elle a plus mangé que moi   or  elle a mangé plus que moi
Blandine a  joué  plus au tennis que toi. (is it valid?)

Blandine a  joué   au tennis  plus que toi. (is it valid?)

Blandine a plus  joué   au tennis  que toi. (is it valid?)

which ones of them are valid? 

The examples:

1. J’ai besoin d’aller faire les courses avant le dîner   and

2. Je dois aller faire les courses avant dîner 

I understand that in 1. the noun is used and in 2. the verb but in 2. could you also say

Je dois aller faire les courses avant le dîner ?

I’m asking because my mind translates 2. as - i need to go shopping before dining.