French -Make a list of 10 things that you don’t like to do (using Négation) and paste
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Until the 17th century ne on its own was enough to negate a verb and pas was optional. The use of ne isolated (without the negative adverb) can still found in Classical French (Voltaire, La Fontaine, Molière, etc.) but except in a few cases it has become quite rare nowadays. Nowadays it is the opposite, there is a tendency - mainly in oral language (but nobody knows what the norm will be 200 years from now) - to drop ne that has lost part of its negative content and to use pas (or other negative adverb, jamais, plus, etc.) alone.
When can ne be used alone nowadays?
In Modern French ne can be used alone only in a limited number of cases. The omission of pas is not compulsory, it is considered literary, more or less literary according to frequency.
With the verbs cesser, oser, pouvoir, savoir when followed by an infinitive. It is probably the most frequent case.
Il ne cesse de me harceler pour savoir quand je vais venir.
Je ne peux/puis te le dire maintenant.
Je ne saurais dire pourquoi.
With the verbs daigner, manquer it is also possible but less frequent.
Il ne manque de me rendre visite à chaque fois qu'il vient en France.
In a conditional clause starting with si. Quite literary.
Il ne pouvait pas s'endormir si je ne l'avais embrassé. (René Bazin De toute son âme - 1897).
This is very literary, and most people will use pas. It is more frequent though in the phrases: si je ne m’abuse, si je ne me trompe.
In negative questions with an affirmative meaning starting with qui. Quite literary.
Qui ne rêve de faire un jour le tour du monde ?
When the verb is followed by an adverbial phrase of time meaning jamais. Quite literary.
Je n' avais de toutes ces années pensé que je reviendrais en France.
Ne is always used alone in some fixed phrases: qu’à cela ne tienne, n’avoir de cesse, ne dire mot, il n’importe, on ne peut plus [plys], on ne peut moins, on ne peut mieux, etc.
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Hello, dear readers! With the June SAT II Subject Tests date just around the corner, I’ve been kicking my 1 on 1 tutoring into high gear, working with students all across New York on several SAT II subjects, most notably French. In today’s post, I will return to a format that I’ve used in the past, called “Anatomy of a Question,” in which I painstakingly dissect a real, live SAT II Subject Test question for your edification and enjoyment. We’ll be looking at samples from the SAT II French exam, focusing on grammar. Hopefully, the below will be more of a refresher than a new introduction to these concepts and strategies, but either way, sit back, relax, and enjoy… Well, don’t relax too much, because you’ll want to remember these techniques for test day. But once you’re in that (semi-relaxed, still alert, very test-ready) frame of mind, do read on.
Marie a ------- à m’offrir.
(A) quelque chose
(B) rien
(C) plusieurs
(D) quelque
We can work on solving this right away by ascertaining what part of speech has to go in the blank. Because the sentence ends with the construction “à m’offrir,” we know the context – some thing is being offered to me. Now it’s our job to figure out what kind of thing. A quick scan of the answer choices reveals that it won’t be as easy as just picking a relevant noun from a list of possibilities. Instead, we can see that we’re dealing with quantities, discriminate and indiscriminate. Before we get into the nitty-gritty of each choice, we should see if any can be eliminated right off the bat.