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preposition stranding
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. le phénomène de la préposition orpheline (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
English allows preposition stranding in many questions, as in "What are you looking for?"L'anglais autorise le phénomène de la préposition orpheline dans de nombreuses questions, comme dans « What are you looking for? »
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