Nantes was France’s best cycling city…

Danielle A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nantes was France’s best cycling city…

This phrasing is not how a native English speaker would say this. I think “ Nantes was France’s best city for cycling” would be clearer. As is, it sounds like the city rides bikes.

This question relates to:French writing exercise "Cycling in Nantes"

Freeform Writing Exercise B1

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Thank you for pointing this out Danielle, we have changed it accordingly.

Bonne Continuation !

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Danielle A. asked:

Nantes was France’s best cycling city…

This phrasing is not how a native English speaker would say this. I think “ Nantes was France’s best city for cycling” would be clearer. As is, it sounds like the city rides bikes.

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