Use of 'en'

Barrie S.C1Kwiziq community member

In the sentence 'Normalement, j'attendrais patiemment votre prochaine livraison, mais j'en ai besoin etc' I answered ...... mais je l'ai besoin..etc' The lesson on the use of 'en' says, 'Notice that 'en' as a pronoun can replace phrases introduced by the preposition de + [thing]/[object]/[location]. In the excercise, there is no 'de', so why 'en'?

This question relates to:French writing exercise "Cancelling a purchase"

Freeform Writing Exercise B1

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

the construction is avoir besoin de quelque chose.

J'ai besoin de votre livraison. -- I need your delivery.
J'en ai besoin. -- I need it.

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Barrie S.C1Kwiziq community member

Thanks Chris.

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Barrie S. asked:

Use of 'en'

In the sentence 'Normalement, j'attendrais patiemment votre prochaine livraison, mais j'en ai besoin etc' I answered ...... mais je l'ai besoin..etc' The lesson on the use of 'en' says, 'Notice that 'en' as a pronoun can replace phrases introduced by the preposition de + [thing]/[object]/[location]. In the excercise, there is no 'de', so why 'en'?

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