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Oct 28, 2013 - 03:12 PM
Either "das" or "es" can be used in place of neuter nouns. I can't speak for Fluenz, but using der/die/das initially drives home the point that the articles can be used in place of nouns. But "es" can't replace "it" in every situation and I've found Fluenz's method has prevented me from making that mistake (that is, always using "es" whenever I would translate "it").