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French · Chapter 32 · Lesson 8 · Grammar primer

The subjunctive after superlatives

le meilleur film que j'aie jamais vu, la seule personne qui me comprenne: superlatives and the exclusives le seul, l'unique, le premier, le dernier pull the relative clause into the subjunctive, because the claim is an opinion - and a checkable fact takes the indicative back.

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