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Is the S silent for both?  The pronounciation seems to differ with the speakers/examples.  The woman speaking the following does not pronounce the S:  Les ordinateurs deviennent de moins en moins chers.  But the woman speaking the following sentence does:  Nous y allons de moins en moins souvent.

In the sentence: "Que tu l'admettes ou non, ce ne sont pas tes amis," why is "ce ne sont pas" used for "they're not" instead of "ils ne sont pas"? Thank you.

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if there is a noun at the begining of the sentence we have two ways to ask a question ;

est-ce que henry a un sac?

henry a-t-il un sac
can we use the "a" at the begining of the question word?
for example A henry un sac or  "ont les femmes des crayons? does it work? 

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Why should I say "Je suis UN oncle" instead of "Je suis oncle"? I shall say "Il est président / prof / boulanger", always omitting the indefinite article. Is it different for family relations? Thanks in advance for any help.

I understand that, as a general rule, in French, we add definite articles before a country’s name. E.g.: J’aime la France. However, I also understand that if the country’s name comes after “de”, and the country is feminine, then, we omit the definite article. E.g.: Je viens de France. However, I am terribly confused by the phrase “Au service de la France” - why is there a definite article after “de” in this phrase? 

In the explanation of when to se faire vice faire, I think the following statement would have helped me more:

If the thing that is being done to or for is the subject of the verb ...