Learn French: Il a bien géré son image grâce à ce communiqué. - He managed his image well thanks to this press release.

Il a bien géré son image grâce à ce communiqué.

He managed his image well thanks to this press release.

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Why do we use grâce à instead of parce que or à cause de in this sentence?

grâce à means 'thanks to' and is used when a noun (ce communiqué) is the cause of a positive outcome. You would use à cause de for a negative or neutral cause. parce que ('because') can't be used here because it must be followed by a full subject and verb, not just a noun.

image is a feminine noun. Why does the sentence use the masculine possessive son?

Even though image is feminine, it begins with a vowel. To avoid the awkward sound of two vowels back-to-back (saying sa image), French uses the masculine son before feminine nouns that start with a vowel or a silent H.

Why is bien placed right in the middle of the verb (a bien géré)?

In the passé composé, short and common adverbs like bien, mal, beaucoup, and déjà are placed directly between the helper verb (here, a) and the past participle (géré).

What kind of word is ce before communiqué?

ce is a demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' or 'that'. It is used here because communiqué (press release) is a masculine singular noun starting with a consonant. If it were a masculine noun starting with a vowel, we would use cet.