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Prepositional Phrases 
 à la faveur de/en faveur de, à la merci de, à l’encontre de, à l’exception de and à l’insu de

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The Prepositional phrases just like prepositions link words in a sentence. Prepositional phrases are composed of two or more words. The words can be: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs or prepositions. We will discuss the most common prepositional phrases.

In this lesson we will study the following prepositional phrases: à la faveur de/en faveur de, à la merci de, à l’encontre de, à l’exception de and à l’insu de.

à la faveur de

“à la faveur” de means “owing to” or “with the help of” or “thanks to”. It is always followed with a noun.

For example:

Les gens deviennent de plus en plus connectés à la faveur du développement technologique.
People are more and more connected thanks to technological development.

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