#blitzarnio513 (corrigez-moi svp)

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digital horizonBOT
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thin stone
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theyre using inversion

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the formal way of asking questions

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if that sentence wasnt a question it'd be c'est juste un style
you can make it a question:
with intonation (informal): c'est un style ?
with est-ce que (neutral): est-ce que c'est un style ?
with inversion (formal): est-ce un style ?

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so that est-ce is not related to est-ce que, it's actually the main verb and the subject

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if they used est-ce que they'd have it and c'est

south turtle
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@thin stone I was looking at your comment for a moment very confused, but then it suddenly hit me. This makes perfect sense, thank you! I guess I've just not really been doing inversions (as I've heard that they're best avoided for... reasons)

thin stone
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I mean there's no special reason, they just sound really formal

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Unlike in English, so it'd be a bad idea to get used to using them

south turtle
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Ahh I've basically heard that they sound very unnatural and that nobody actually speaks like that (and that they make things unnecessarily complicated)

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But maybe I'll need to at least touch on them soon-ish

thin stone
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Like you don't use nonetheless in speaking