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Looking for some pointers on where I went wrong, or if it’s just Genki being Genki.
Exercise is to describe something I used to be unable to do.
Q: “Could not talk in front of a lot of people”
My answer: 多くのい人の前に話せませんでした
The right answer: たくさんの人の前で話せませんでした
In other questions, I think they used 多 to describe crowds, so I thought it would have been appropriate here. Did I misuse it? Or just a matter of a specific answer being sought?
And the other one is に vs で . I guess because “in front of a lot of people” is a location of an action, and not a specific place of existence? Is there another nuance I’m missing?
Are あの, その and この always used in their intended way? Or is it sometimes not relevant in for example a quick conversation?