in an answer to a quiz I offered, "Les invites, sont ils arrivés" and was marked nearly correct.

Tom K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

in an answer to a quiz I offered, "Les invites, sont ils arrivés" and was marked nearly correct.

Is a comma absolutely forbidden here?
Asked 7 years ago
M. S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributorCorrect answer
It is not the comma that is the problem; rather, you are missing an accent aigu on "les invités" and you must have a hyphen when writing a question with inversion (sont-ils ).
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in an answer to a quiz I offered, "Les invites, sont ils arrivés" and was marked nearly correct.

Is a comma absolutely forbidden here?

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