I found both le grand huit and une montagne russe and I always have trouble deciding which option to use (usually the "wrong" one! as in this case I used la montagne russe which was corrected to plural. The alternative option (the preferred response) le grand huit was not. Can someone explain?
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KayKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
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This question relates to:French writing exercise "My afternoon at the funfair"
Asked 2 years ago

Hi Kay,
No rhyme of reason this is just the words that are used for a roller coaster in French -
Les montagnes russes ( plural)
Le grand huit /Le grand 8 ( which is a roller coaster in the shape of the number 8 )
All were accepted.
Bonne Continuation!
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I found both le grand huit and une montagne russe and I always have trouble deciding which option to use (usually the "wrong" one! as in this case I used la montagne russe which was corrected to plural. The alternative option (the preferred response) le grand huit was not. Can someone explain?
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