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Prends ça - shouldn't it be Prend ça?

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Prends ça - shouldn't it be Prend ça?

Found this info on a french grammar website :  

For the french imperative he conjugation is same as the present tense except that for -er verbs, the last -s is dropped in the tu form. ... 

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

The infinitve is prendre, so it isn't one of the verbs ending in -er. Hence, the imperative is prends, with -s.

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Prends ça - shouldn't it be Prend ça?

Found this info on a french grammar website :  

For the french imperative he conjugation is same as the present tense except that for -er verbs, the last -s is dropped in the tu form. ... 

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