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<blockquote data-quote="HeavyG" data-source="post: 299247" data-attributes="member: 431">I couldn't tell you why one expression is more valid than another, gramatically.&nbsp; I mean, for all I know, one or both alternate expressions could be perfectly valid.They just look... wrong ... to me, but I couldn't say why.&nbsp; And I know that in the french canadian history I took in 11th grade, and in all the canadian history vignettes I saw on tv, they're always referred to as coureur des bois.I searched french-language pages on Google.ca and came up with :&quot;coureur du bois&quot; :&nbsp; 4 hits (all referring to a specific wood like &quot;Coureur Du Bois De La Missouri Valley&quot;)&quot;coureur de bois&quot; :&nbsp; 368 hits &quot;coureur des bois&quot; : 1610 hitsIt looks like some people really use &quot;coureur de bois&quot; to mean the same thing after all.&nbsp; And as I said before, this could well be a perfectly valid, yet uncommon, use of the language.&nbsp; It wouldn't even surprise me if it was the correct form of the term and the popular use was the wrong one.&nbsp; Wouldn't be the first time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeavyG, post: 299247, member: 431"] I couldn't tell you why one expression is more valid than another, gramatically. I mean, for all I know, one or both alternate expressions could be perfectly valid. They just look... wrong ... to me, but I couldn't say why. And I know that in the french canadian history I took in 11th grade, and in all the canadian history vignettes I saw on tv, they're always referred to as coureur des bois. I searched french-language pages on Google.ca and came up with : "coureur du bois" : 4 hits (all referring to a specific wood like "Coureur Du Bois De La Missouri Valley") "coureur de bois" : 368 hits "coureur des bois" : 1610 hits It looks like some people really use "coureur de bois" to mean the same thing after all. And as I said before, this could well be a perfectly valid, yet uncommon, use of the language. It wouldn't even surprise me if it was the correct form of the term and the popular use was the wrong one. Wouldn't be the first time. [/QUOTE]

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