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"Ne...point" is used in Stendhal all the time. Tom Send a noteboard - 16/12/2010 06:08:40 AM
As for the others, if they're in the Oxford-Hachette Dictionary then I can find them. I have to look up words every now and then anyway - give me a few more months of reading French and maybe I won't have to.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Maurice Druon - The Accursed Kings Legolas - 13/12/2010 08:19:21 PM 8689 Views
Thank you for giving this review - I had forgotten the name of the author and series. Tom - 13/12/2010 09:29:59 PM 2023 Views
You're welcome (and thanks for the correction, edited). Legolas - 13/12/2010 10:23:55 PM 2017 Views
I know it's not "literary". (EDITED) Tom - 13/12/2010 10:42:33 PM 1908 Views
Subjunctive imperfect, yeah. Legolas - 13/12/2010 10:51:34 PM 1995 Views
And with regard to your edit, I don't have a problem with passé simples myself. Legolas - 13/12/2010 10:53:59 PM 2333 Views
But how can one read any French literature at all without encountering the passé simple? Tom - 15/12/2010 03:39:37 AM 2144 Views
The point is it is a "literary" tense Camilla - 15/12/2010 10:19:59 AM 2134 Views
Why would I read a lower style of book (I won't use the term "literature" to describe them) ? Tom - 16/12/2010 06:11:36 AM 1934 Views
I don't want to start a fight here, but your attitude is seriously starting to grate. Legolas - 16/12/2010 06:54:30 PM 2198 Views
I don't care. Start a fight. Tom - 16/12/2010 08:24:22 PM 2100 Views
Well, or we can have a civil debate on French culture, I suppose... also fun. Legolas - 16/12/2010 09:09:20 PM 2091 Views
Well, I'm up for that, too. Tom - 17/12/2010 05:48:39 AM 2087 Views
Good. Legolas - 17/12/2010 09:01:37 PM 2426 Views
Ah - I support the subjunctive!!! Tom - 18/12/2010 05:10:38 AM 2287 Views
TANGENT Rebekah - 18/12/2010 09:56:31 AM 2158 Views
This whole conversation is just a pile of tangents, anyway. *NM* Legolas - 18/12/2010 01:30:09 PM 973 Views
I enjoy the tangent. Tom - 21/12/2010 12:43:23 AM 1839 Views
But you don't think its disappearance corresponds to a decline in American culture? Legolas - 18/12/2010 01:29:43 PM 2074 Views
I read Der Zauberberg in English already. Tom - 21/12/2010 12:48:16 AM 1908 Views
About the passé simple, what Camilla said. As for medieval vocabulary... Legolas - 15/12/2010 07:17:44 PM 2101 Views
"Ne...point" is used in Stendhal all the time. Tom - 16/12/2010 06:08:40 AM 1967 Views
That looks like a really fascinating series. Rebekah - 13/12/2010 10:56:52 PM 2027 Views
Step up your French lessons!!! Tom - 13/12/2010 11:50:21 PM 2227 Views
That is a great reason to learn French. Legolas - 14/12/2010 07:29:54 PM 1943 Views
Re: That is a great reason to learn French. Rebekah - 14/12/2010 08:13:59 PM 1934 Views
Fancier English often turns out to be French, of course. *NM* Tom - 17/12/2010 06:41:19 PM 1042 Views
Ooooh Camilla - 14/12/2010 07:41:03 PM 1861 Views
I'm really not quite sure how you managed that. Legolas - 14/12/2010 08:09:55 PM 2027 Views
Re: I'm really not quite sure how you managed that. Camilla - 14/12/2010 08:13:48 PM 1921 Views
I meant Bertière, yeah. Dumas works too, though. Legolas - 14/12/2010 08:18:30 PM 2011 Views
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