Learn French: La start-up organise une réunion en vue d'un nouveau projet. - The startup organizes a meeting with a view to a new project.

La start-up organise une réunion en vue d'un nouveau projet.

The startup organizes a meeting with a view to a new project.

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Questions & Answers about La start-up organise une réunion en vue d'un nouveau projet.

Why use en vue de here instead of just pour?

While pour also means "for," en vue de is a more formal expression that specifically means "with a view to" or "with the aim of." It is often used in business or professional contexts, like organizing a startup meeting, to emphasize the strategic goal being targeted.

The lesson says en vue de can take a noun or an infinitive. Which is used here?

Here, it is followed by the noun phrase un nouveau projet. If you wanted to use a verb instead, you would keep en vue de and just add an infinitive. For example: en vue de lancer un nouveau projet (with a view to launching a new project).

Why is it written as d'un instead of de un?

The full expression is en vue de. However, because the following word un starts with a vowel, the e in de must be dropped (elided). This mandatory contraction gives us en vue d'un.

Why does the adjective nouveau come before the noun projet?

As a B2 learner, you might remember the "BANGS" rule for adjectives (Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, Size). Because nouveau relates to Age/Newness, it is one of the common adjectives that must be placed before the noun, rather than after it.