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How do you say “the 2nd most practiced religion in France”?

The “2nd most practiced religion” part is complex for me — what would this look like in French?
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Ironic constructions in French

As part of my masters in linguistics, I am taking a course on the subject of irony. We were given examples of sentences that are most likely ironic, as the English sentence “he is not exceptionally ...
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Par quoi remplacer « moins pire » ?

Je me retrouve souvent à vouloir dire « moins pire » dans une phrase, bien que je sache que c'est incorrect. Existe-t-il une reformulation de la phrase qui me permettrait de véhiculer le sens de par ...
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Is there any difference except of the prepositions?

In the below examples: Sophie est moins sérieuse que les autres. Sophie est la plus grande de la classe. Why is the former comparative and the latter superlative? Is is related to the ...
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“Tout ce qu'il y a de plus bizarre”?

Can someone help in translating this expression? I can't seem to make grammatical sense out of it. It seems like "All which there is stranger"?