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United States flagBrandon Olivares
I had written this sentence: Je suis très heureux que j'ai trouvé des bons partenaires de langue avec qui je peux parler le français. It was corrected to this: Je suis très heureux d'avoir trouvé des bons partenaires de langue avec qui je peux parler le français. I'm told both are correct, but the latter looks more natural. I'm wondering the reason for the de + infinitive in this sentence?

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The first sentence is wrong, it's not correct at all. You can say "je suis content que tu aies trouvé", yep, but "que j'ai trouvé" nope. Pour "je" it's infinitive, here is your rule. Je suis triste d'avoir perdu. J'aimerais aller au cinéma / j'aimerais que vous alliez au cinéma, it's the same rule. It's logical i guess, you dont have to repeat "je" twice if u are talking about you.

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