Chris

Posted on 11/16/09

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A question for James in Belgium, others living in
francophone countries, native speakers, etc: The college-
level textbook out of which I teach priviliges the spoken
langage over the written. I will soon be teaching
prenominal adjectives in plural forms. Because of this
philosophy the textbook does not mention that "des" should
become "de" in that situation. In a note to instructors
the authors say that only older, conservative speakers
observe this rule. Since I am an "older, conservative"
speaker/instructor of French, I cringe to see sentences
with "des bons professeurs". My question to you: has this
rule gone by the wayside as much as my textbook authors say
that it has? How do you deal with this in your classes?

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