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[feral thorn]

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[nova zephyr]

c'est is used instead of est in french regularly

in general, pronouns can be used for emphasis when they would be redundant in english, although with c'est it doesn't carry any emphasis, it's just a neutral way to say is

the de is connected to ne pas arrêter, not c'est

it can't be removed, or at least it would sound less natural to remove it

even in the famous quote of Louis the fourteenth "I am the state" = "L'état, c'est moi"

[silent abyss]

But there are two des there

[nova zephyr]

yeah, with two different verbs

[silent abyss]

Could I say je suis l’état?

[nova zephyr]

sure, but it wouldn't sound as a natural as the Louis the fourteenth said it

[silent abyss]

Could you explain further? There is arrêter de but I don’t see what the first de would be

[nova zephyr]

when an infinitive is used with être, you usually need to put a de in front of it

the exception is when the infinitive is the first word in the sentence

but it's basically the same de as when you say "il est difficile d'arrêter de fumer"

[silent abyss]

Ah ok c’est pour moi claire maintenant merci