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earnest needleBOT Apr 2, 2024, 5:14 PM

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Please be patient

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final falcon Apr 2, 2024, 5:15 PM

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Vous pourrez leur en envoyer ==> you'll be able to send them some

"en" is a pronoun that refers back to "emails".

proven shadow Apr 2, 2024, 5:15 PM

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woauh that was fast 🙂

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merci pour la réponse rapide!

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so basically you can use "en" without "de"

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i thought they always needed "de"

final falcon Apr 2, 2024, 5:17 PM

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If the sentence were said in full, "emails" would be introduced by "des", which is part of the "de" family:

Vous pourrez bien sûr leur envoyer des emails aussi !

So this is the normal "de" case.

proven shadow Apr 2, 2024, 5:17 PM

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aha!!! i understand :>

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merci pour une explication tres nette!

final falcon Apr 2, 2024, 5:32 PM

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No worries!

Once thing to remember is that pronouns don't replace words as they appeared before, but rather as they would appear in the current sentence.

I think this is something many learners don't necessarily internalize.

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So they often look for a "de" or an "à" in the previous sentence to explain an "en" or an "y"

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