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I. Y replaces the names of places preceded by prepositions of PLACE such as chez, sur, sous, dans,
en, à. The preposition par is the one exception: it is replaced by par là or par ici. Y NEVER
replaces a person:
Note the construction for people: (the pronouns used are called "disjunctive pronouns"):
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En also replaces expressions of quantities and numbers. Remember that the number or quant ity must be
repeated with en:
VI. Certain verbs which take the preposition de + a thing (not a person!) are replaced by "en:"
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