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La grammaire est l'étude systématique des éléments constitutifs d'une langue.

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What is the rule behind the use of "de" in this sentence?

The word "de" in French is used for many different things that have nothing in common most of the time -- you should not try to look for a common sense between these usages. In particular it "de" can …
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Why is "de la" used in "Je n'aime pas de la fiction" rather than just de? This is from Duoli...

Duolingo is wrong. The correct sentence is: Je n'aime pas la fiction. If you don't like the "fiction" genre. or Je n'aime pas les fictions. If you don't like fictions as a collection of items.
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Comment utiliser « il y a » ?

"Il y a" est une expression toute faite non porteuse de sens, un peu comme "there is". Elle peut être utilisée dans de nombreux contextes: Pour exprimer la présence. En général "there is" est alors …
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In the sentence "Charles est beau, mais son frère ne l'est pas" what does the "l'" stand for?

Yes. It is the elided of "le" which is in this case a pronoun refering to the qualificative "beau". It could refer to qualificatives that are not adjectives, as in: "Es-tu l'assassin de mon père ?" " …
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“Dans le weekend” or “pendant le weekend”?

Both are grammatically correct, but the first one should be avoided. "Pendant" clearly indicate a time localization, whereas "dans" indicates usually a spatial localization (there are exceptions). By …
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What is the “ce que” here for and what does it mean?

Just a quick reminder: "un expert": nominal group ("an expert") "vous êtes un expert": verbal group ("you are an expert") After "Personne ne s'attend à" one doesn't expect a verbal group: what is …
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How to say "Even" as in "We can't even cook a little bit"?

Most of the time the word "même" will be used: "I can't even do that !" -> "Je ne peux même pas faire ça !" For your second example, the "even a bit" does not translates well. The most idiomatic I c …
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How to say "I was being" in French?

If the context makes it clear that you are not talking about a habit but about something you were doing in a precise instant, you use the imparfait: I was having a good time -> Je passais un bon mo …
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How do you translate something like "I have nothing to work with" in French?

Most of the time you can use the form: sujet - verbe conjugué - COD - préposition - pronom relatif - verbe infinitif For example: I have nobody to talk with. -> Je n'ai personne avec qui parler. …
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Is the sentence "Comment ce garçon a résolu un cube rubix en seulement six secondes ?" correct?

It is not grammatically correct. If it is a question as you wonder how he did you should say: Comment ce garçon de quinze ans a-t-il résolu un Rubik's Cube en seulement six secondes ? If it is a …
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Why do we use the passé composé when saying "there have always been x"?

Il y avait des racistes. Means there was racists, suggesting somehow there are no racists anymore today. If you add "toujours" it means there was racists whatever the time period we look at, but …
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After saying "X peut faire tous les Y qu'il veut", is it more common to omit "mais"?

"Mais" is like "but": it is a mark of opposition between the implications of the two parts of the sentence: Je n'aime pas les légumes, mais comme c'est toi qui les a préparés je vais y goûter. / I …
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Est-ce qu'il existe des verbes à particule en Français ?

Plutôt que de dire que "le français ne possède pas de verbe à particule", il est peut-être plus juste de dire "la notion de verbe à particule n'est pas pertinente en français". En effet même si certai …
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Préposition pour/de: nom + pour/de + verbe

"Pour" indique un lien entre un effort et un but: J'ai assez de force pour soulever un rocher. Pour toi, je suis prêt à tout. On ne peut pas l'utiliser quand la situation n'a rien à voir avec cela, …
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Des fruits enivrant(s) (le palais) de douceurs et de bien-être

Le seul vrai problème que je remarque est l'orthographe du mot "bien-être". Depuis une réforme relativement récente, la graphie "bienêtre" est recommandée. L'ancienne graphie "bien-être" est toujours …
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