Timeline for Sentence with "lui rester"?
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| Apr 28, 2022 at 21:41 | history | edited | jlliagre | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2022 at 11:19 | vote | accept | silph | ||
| Apr 28, 2022 at 11:16 | comment | added | jlliagre | 1) The sentence is more literary than with the impersonal subject. It wouldn't be used in speech. 2) You are right, this que works with a ne. It is present in the original sentence. Moving the subject before the verb forces to replace it by something else, like Seules in my rephrasing. Ne que quelques doesn't work at all. 3) Answered in the meantime. | |
| Apr 28, 2022 at 11:07 | comment | added | silph | 1) can you articulate what nuance or stylistic difference is created, between the original sentence vs having the impersonal subject "Il"? 2) It confuses me that "Que" is a word in the subject, without "ne". Textbooks etc make it seem that when "que" means "only", it always has a "ne" with it. So, if I wanted to undo the inversion and write the subject first, could I write: "Ne que quelques touffes do poils éparses lui restaient sur le crâne"? 3) Would the original sentence make sense if I deleted "lui"? | |
| Apr 28, 2022 at 11:02 | history | edited | jlliagre | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2022 at 10:08 | history | answered | jlliagre | CC BY-SA 4.0 |