# French usage question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 28, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-usage-question/623348 "2012-05-28T15:06:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-usage-question/623348/41 "2012-05-31T12:28:53Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > Priceless. > > (bolding mine) Oops! Gaudere’s Law strikes again! Yes, I apologize, I meant to type “communiquer” ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-usage-question/623348/42 "2012-05-31T12:54:17Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > Sparky, how’s about stop parading you’re goddamn bilinguality around, all forty years of it - you’re on the internet so no one cares, it is not an argument in and of itself to support the (weak) claim that you are making, and for someone who’s bilingual you make an awful lot of mistakes and are pretty incoherent - and that’s just the English! Although, someone who would construct a sentence with such poor grammar and sentence structure probably shouldn’t be nitpicking others. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-usage-question/623348/43 "2012-05-31T13:40:31Z")
Mesdames, s’il vous plaît! Vous êtes belles tous les deux. Voulez-vous du fromage? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-usage-question/623348/44 "2012-05-31T13:45:28Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > When you reach my level, in English ou en français, vous pouvez communiqué dans les deux langues avec aucune difficulté. Ahem\*. _That would be_ sans \*aucune difficulté. See me after class :). ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-usage-question/623348/45 "2012-05-31T14:59:09Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Although, someone who would construct a sentence with such poor grammar and sentence structure probably shouldn’t be nitpicking others. :rolleyes: Sure, just grab any straws you can clutch at. Go ahead! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-usage-question/623348/46 "2012-05-31T16:17:16Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > No problem, you seemed to be having a hard time grasping this concept so I’ll give you a recap: > > … > > When you reach my level, in English ou en français, vous pouvez communiqué dans les deux langues avec aucune difficulté. > [@Svejk\_1](#): > > Priceless. > > (bolding mine) > > Sparky, how’s about stop parading you’re goddamn bilinguality around, all forty years of it - you’re on the internet so no one cares, it is not an argument in and of itself to support the (weak) claim that you are making, and for someone who’s bilingual you make an awful lot of mistakes and are pretty incoherent - and that’s just the English! > [@Sparky812](#): > > Although, someone who would construct a sentence with such poor grammar and sentence structure probably shouldn’t be nitpicking others. > [@Svejk\_1](#): > > :rolleyes: > > Sure, just grab any straws you can clutch at. Go ahead! [Moderator Note] OK, guys, quit the sniping. If you want to slag each other take it to the Pit. No warnings issued, but let’s just address the substance of the issues and drop the snark. Colibri General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-usage-question/623348.md?page=2)