Breakdown of Il s'agit de vérifier cette information avant de la publier.
ce
this (before a noun)
il
it (impersonal subject)
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
publier
to publish
vérifier
to check
avant de
before (+ infinitive)
s'agir de
to be about / to be a matter of
l'information
the information (f)
Questions & Answers about Il s'agit de vérifier cette information avant de la publier.
How does the expression il s'agit de work in this sentence?
Why is the verb vérifier in the infinitive form?
The expression il s'agit de ends with the preposition de. In French, whenever a verb directly follows a preposition like de, it must be left in the infinitive (unconjugated) form.
Why is it avant de instead of just avant?
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