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* confusion between ''ça'' (this) and ''sa (her)'' | * confusion between ''ça'' (this) and ''sa (her)'' | ||
* confusion between ''c'est (it's)'', ''s'est (is)'', '''''<u>ces</u>''' (these),'' and ''je sais (I know), il/elle/on sait (s.he knows)'' | * confusion between ''c'est (it's)'', ''s'est (is)'', '''''<u>ces</u>''' (these),'' and ''je sais (I know), il/elle/on sait (s.he knows)'' | ||
==== ''attention : " ces " se prononcent '''cé''' et non '''cè''''' ==== | ==== ''attention : " ces " se prononcent '''cé''' et non '''cè''''' ==== |
Revision as of 18:25, 13 May 2020
Homophe
- confusion between ce (demonstrative adjective) and se (personal pronoun used as the object complement of a verb)
- confusion between maire (mayor), mer (sea) and mère (mother)
- confusion between haut (high), eau (water), au (at), os (bones) or Ô
- confusion between seau (bucket), saut (jump), sot (dumb), and sceau (seal)
- confusion between ça (this) and sa (her)
- confusion between c'est (it's), s'est (is), ces (these), and je sais (I know), il/elle/on sait (s.he knows)
attention : " ces " se prononcent cé et non cè
English influence
Do not write:
- companie but compagnie
- connection but connexion
- correspondence but correspondance
- dance but danse
- default but défaut
- example but exemple
- language but langage
- license but licence
- exercise but exercice
1 consonant instead of 2
Do not write:
- apartement but appartement
- apartenir but appartenir (to belong)
- corolaire but corollaire
- envelope but enveloppe
- ballade but balade (a walk)
2 consonants instead of 1
Do not write:
- abbréviation but abréviation
- addresse but adresse
- aggrégation but agrégation
- aggression but agression
- ammener but amener
- appercevoir but apercevoir
- courrir but courir
- baggage but bagage
- gallerie but galerie
- giraffe but girafe
- marriage but mariage
- traffic but trafic
"-é" instead of "-er"
Do not write:
- "Il faut aller mangé" but "Il faut aller manger"
Rule : When two verbs follow each other, the second takes "ER" ( plus généralement l'infintif ex : je vais aller courir )
"-er" instead or "-é"
Do not write:
- "J'ai manger" but "J'ai mangé"
No final "-e"
Do not write:
- "Util" but "Utile" (useful)
Sources
French version: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faute_d%27orthographe