dropping the "s" from des if it precedes an adjective

Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

dropping the "s" from des if it precedes an adjective

"l'hombre de grands arbres" was my answer and it was wrong because I had omitted the "s" from des. Can anyone explain why in this case one should keept the "s" on des?

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

L'ombre des grands arbres (of the big trees - de les), not l'ombre de grands arbres (of {some} big trees) - des, becomes de). The change from 'des' to 'de' only applies to the partitive article not when 'des' is the contraction of 'de les'

"Des" becomes " de/d' " in front of adjectives preceding nouns (French Partitive Articles)%252Fsearch%253Fs%253Ddes%252Badjectives

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Leah V. asked:

dropping the "s" from des if it precedes an adjective

"l'hombre de grands arbres" was my answer and it was wrong because I had omitted the "s" from des. Can anyone explain why in this case one should keept the "s" on des?

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