The interrogative adverb 'combien'
In Fluenz Level 3, Session 1, Exercise 'Write the phrase you read':
One of the answers is 'Et combien est-ce que coûte celle-là?'. My understanding is that one can form a question with 'combien' in one of (at least) the following ways:
1) Combien + est-ce que + statement (e.g. 'combien est-ce que celle-là coûte?')
2) Combien + inversion (e.g. 'combien coûte celle-là?')
3) Statement + combien, with rising intonation (e.g. 'celle-là coûte combien?')
The answer to this exercise appears to have used ways 1 and 2 both together. This seems redundant, or is an exception made when one is using pronouns, as in 'celle-là'?
Thanks.
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Open Jun 10, 2012 - 09:22 AM
French, French > Grammar