its own rules for articles, prepositions, verb constructions, gender, and word order. Even a tiny change can make a sentence sound unnatural—or completely incorrect.
That’s why some French expressions need to be learned as complete phrases, rather than translated individually.
Why This Error Is So Common
One major reason is that French and English share many similar-looking words.
This can create a false sense of confidence.
A learner may recognize every word in a sentence and assume the sentence must be correct. But knowing the vocabulary isn’t the same as
