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Jan 13, 2013 - 10:03 PM
It's a matter of the verb being used. For telephone, you use the a. For appeler you don't. Just one more aspect of French that simply requires memorization.
Jan 14, 2013 - 08:03 PM
Thanks. How do I know or find out which verbs this applies to?
Jan 14, 2013 - 09:49 PM
Possibly telephone a requires a device, whereas appeler is something one does oneself. But then again I am far from being a linguist.
Jan 14, 2013 - 10:26 PM
In answer to Laura's follow-up question: http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/...
Jan 15, 2013 - 12:08 AM
Thank you!