Two nurses at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital have lost their licenses because they failed a written French grammar test.
Two nurses at Montreal's Jewish Jew·ish
adj.
Of or relating to the Jews or their culture or religion. See Usage Note at Jew.
Jew ish·ly adv. General Hospital have lost
their licenses because they failed a written French grammar French grammar refers to the grammar of the French language, which is similar to that of the other Romance languages.
French is a moderately inflected language. Nouns and most pronouns are inflected for number (singular or plural); adjectives, for the number and gender test. The
French test is required even though the hospital is an English-language
institution. The hospital said the two were excellent nurses, and the
province is currently facing a nursing shortage, but the lack of a
license means they must look for work outside Quebec Quebec, city, Canada
Quebec, Fr. Québec, city (1991 pop. 167,517), provincial capital, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers. .
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