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Language/French/Vocabulary/Common-spelling-errors
2020-07-04T13:30:48Z
<p>Pauline789: </p>
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== [[Homophe]] ==<br />
* confusion between :<br />
** "'''ce''' livre" (demonstrative adjective : ''this book'')<br />
** "'''se''' marier" (personal pronoun used as the object complement of a verb, ''get married'')<br />
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* confusion between '''maire''' (mayor), '''mer''' (sea) and '''mère''' (mother)<br />
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* confusion between :<br />
** '''haut''' (high), <br />
** '''eau''' (water), <br />
** '''au''' début (at the begining), <br />
** les '''os''' (bones)<br />
** '''Ô''' combien (particle used to invoke, apostrophy and indicate the elation of a feeling). <br />
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* confusion between seau (bucket), saut (jump), sot (dumb), and sceau (seal)<br />
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* confusion between '''ça''' (this) and '''sa''' (her)<br />
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* confusion between :<br />
** '''c'est''' beau (it's nice), <br />
** il '''s'est''' habitué (he has been used to it), <br />
** '''ces''' livres (these books) : ''attention : "ces" se prononcent [cé] et non [cè]''<br />
** je '''sais''' (I know), <br />
** elle '''sait''' (she knows)<br />
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== English influence ==<br />
'''Do not write:'''<br />
* ''companie'' but '''''compagnie'''''<br />
* ''connection'' but '''''connexion'''''<br />
* ''correspondence'' but '''''correspondance'''''<br />
* ''dance'' but '''''danse'''''<br />
* ''default'' but '''''défaut'''''<br />
* ''example'' but '''''exemple'''''<br />
* ''language'' but '''''langage'''''<br />
* ''license'' but '''''licence'''''<br />
* ''exercise'' but '''''exercice'''''<br />
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== 1 consonant instead of 2 ==<br />
'''Do not write:'''<br />
* ''apartement'' but '''''appartement'''''<br />
* ''apartenir'' but '''''appartenir''' (to belong)''<br />
* ''corolaire'' but '''''corollaire'''''<br />
* ''envelope'' but '''''enveloppe'''''<br />
* ballade but '''balade''' (a walk)<br />
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== 2 consonants instead of 1 ==<br />
'''Do not write:'''<br />
* ''abbréviation'' but '''''abréviation'''''<br />
* ''addresse'' but '''''adresse'''''<br />
* ''aggrégation'' but '''''agrégation'''''<br />
* ''aggression'' but '''''agression'''''<br />
* ''ammener'' but '''''amener'''''<br />
* ''appercevoir'' but '''''apercevoir'''''<br />
* ''courrir'' but '''''courir'''''<br />
* ''baggage'' but '''''bagage'''''<br />
* ''gallerie'' but '''''galerie'''''<br />
* ''giraffe'' but '''''girafe'''''<br />
* ''marriage'' but '''''mariage'''''<br />
* ''traffic'' but '''''trafic'''''<br />
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=="-é" instead of "-er"==<br />
'''Do not write:'''<br />
*"Il faut aller mangé" but "Il faut aller manger"<br />
Rule : When two verbs follow each other, the second takes "ER" ( plus généralement l'infintif ex : je vais aller courir ) <br />
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"-er" instead or "-é"<br />
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'''Do not write:'''<br />
*"J'ai manger" but "J'ai mangé"<br />
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==No final "-e"==<br />
'''Do not write:'''<br />
*"Util" but "'''Utile'''" (useful)<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
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French version: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faute_d%27orthographe<br />
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https://polyglotclub.com/language/french/question/34720</div>
Pauline789