williamylee

[ocean minnow]

Please be patient

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[ember holly]

dont is a relative pronoum here 🙂

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/relative-pronoun-dont

[high hearth]

“I have two friends, including 2 poets”

[ember holly]

tu lui donnes la réponse directement ;P

[amber lark]

"J'ai beaucoup d'amis, dont deux sont poètes" is also correct

[young citrus]

Yes, this example is from here, and I am aware it's a relative pronoun. But I don't understand why the "sont" can be omitted

From my understanding, "dont deux" replaces "deux des amis"

[amber lark]

You can also say "dont deux qui sont poètes"

lots of ways to say it

i couldn't explain grammatically but all are correct and understandable

[plush void]

it just can be, not much to explain

it’s just part of the common idiom

[ember holly]

ah got it - sorry didn't notice, hope the explanations help