Following rules blindly could make you look silly.
A couple of posts ago , I concluded that il y a followed by time would mean 'ago' instead of 'there is' or 'there are' (See Ago = There is Time for more details).
Well, I felt very stupid when I translated Il y a sept jours dans une semaine as ‘7 Days ago in one week” when it clearly means ‘There are seven days in a week.”
Common sense triumphs grammar every time.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Common Sense vs Grammar
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