Alternative phrasing acceptable?

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Alternative phrasing acceptable?

Could the following phrase given above:

Merci à Léa et Julie, sans l'aide desquelles rien n'aurait été possible

also be phrased as:

Merci à Léa et Julie, sans desquelles rien n'aurait pu etre possible

This question relates to:French lesson "Duquel/de laquelle/desquels/desquelles with prepositional phrases with "de" (French Relative Pronouns)"

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CélineKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Bonjour Brian,

Unfortunately, it would not work. "Sans" is never followed by the preposition "de" so you can only have "sans lesquelles/qui" (in the second example)

Merci à Léa et Julie, sans qui/lesquelles rien n'aurait pu être possible = Thanks to Léa and Julie, without whom nothing would have been possible.

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

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Alternative phrasing acceptable?

Could the following phrase given above:

Merci à Léa et Julie, sans l'aide desquelles rien n'aurait été possible

also be phrased as:

Merci à Léa et Julie, sans desquelles rien n'aurait pu etre possible

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