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graceful adderBOT Jan 20, 2025, 2:10 AM

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wild portal Jan 20, 2025, 3:03 AM

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yeah

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l'avis de ceux qui pensent que les télévisions doivent être bannies est davantage favorable

wild portal Jan 20, 2025, 3:41 AM

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No no, I was just showing you the structure

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the main clause is « l'avis (de ceux) est davantage favorable »
the first subordinate clause is « ceux qui pensent »
the second subordinate is « que les télés doivent être bannies »

feral folio Jan 20, 2025, 10:30 AM

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Not sure if you can use davantage as a preposition

wild portal Jan 20, 2025, 10:35 AM

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feral folio Not sure if you can use davantage as a preposition

An adverb modifying an adjective, you mean?

feral folio Jan 20, 2025, 10:35 AM

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Uh yeah

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I don't see davantage often but to me it's used alone

wild portal Jan 20, 2025, 10:35 AM

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so you can say « il est plus grand que moi » but not « il est davantage grand que moi » ?

feral folio Jan 20, 2025, 10:35 AM

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Il y en a davantage ici que là-bas

feral folio Jan 20, 2025, 10:35 AM

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wild portal so you can say « il est plus grand que moi » but not « il est davantage grand qu...

Yeah exactly

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But why are you using favorable on its own? What does it mean? To me favorable is like favorable à sth like favorable au Brexit

wild portal Jan 20, 2025, 10:41 AM

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feral folio

ah d'accord

wild portal Jan 20, 2025, 1:23 PM

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LMAO ChatGPT vs native who wins

feral folio Jan 20, 2025, 1:23 PM

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Pls don't use chatgpt for language learning

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You can ask here

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Or search on reliable sites

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The Québec government's site is good from what I've seen

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There's français facile

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Convaincant works

feral folio Jan 20, 2025, 1:54 PM

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Well don't

clear parcel Jan 20, 2025, 4:02 PM

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When this happens, try to do a new query, in a new window, and see if it's still saying the same thing, if it doesn't, then start doubting.

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Often, it won't.

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(Although, I agree with chatGPT on this one. il est davantage favorable aux pommes qu'aux oranges is perfectly acceptable, as a synonym of plus.)

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We could say Davantage de résolutions sont prises pour la nouvelle années, but we could also say Il est davantage évident que les nouvelles résolutions sont prises pour la nouvelle.

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Second one is more literary, but still correct nevertheless.

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not even literary, just more formal. (not in comparison to the first example, rather in comparison to what someone would say in a casual setup)

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(And it's not used as a preposition.)

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(And there's no issue using chatgpt, but always second guess it by crossing informations, don't use it as a last resort.)

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