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What is osmosis?

Osmosis is the diffusion of water from a dilute solution to a concentrated solution across a partially permeable membrane. Terms: Diffusion (the net movement of particles from a high to a low concentration.)...
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How do you form the perfect tense?

The sentence is formed of three parts: - Person eg. Elle (She) - Avoir/être conjugated with the person eg. Elle a (She has) - Past Particle eg. Elle a mangé (She has eaten) Each verb is associated either wit...
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Discuss the title of Wilfred Owen's 'Spring Offensive.'

The title is an oxymoron combining new life with death. 'Spring' with all the connotations of the freshness of a new season opposes the military connotations of 'Offensive' meaning attack. The youth associat...
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How do you know if you need an accent on 'a' or not?

Is it the verb 'avoir' or the preposition 'à'? To know which one to choose there is an easy question: can I say 'avait' instead of a/à? If the answer is yes, then it's the verb and it doesn't have an accent....
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Why do some verbs take 'etre' in the perfect tense? And how can I memorise them?

The majority of French verbs are take a conjugated form of the verb 'avoir' (to have) when forming the perfect tense, similarly to English. However, there is an important minority of verbs that use a conjuga...
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