Purpose
de peur que
FormalC1Function
Purpose
Meaning
States the NEGATIVE purpose: what you want to avoid. Requires the subjunctive.
Position and punctuation
within the sentence · no comma
Example
Les résultats n'ont pas été diffusés, de peur qu'ils soient mal interprétés.
The results were not released, for fear that they might be misread.
In the DELF
the C1 synthesis
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