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island constraint
A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence or phrase (e.g., un je ne sais quoi).
a. la contrainte sur les îlots (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
This sentence is ungrammatical because it violates an island constraint.Cette phrase est agrammaticale parce qu'elle enfreint une contrainte sur les îlots.
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