Let $G$ be a group and $H_1$,...,$H_s$ be subgroups of $G$ of indices $d_1$,...,$d_s$ respectively. In 1974, M. Herzog and J. Sch\"onheim conjectured that if $\{ H_i\alpha_i\}_{ i=1}^{ i=s}$, $\alpha_i\in G$, is a coset partition of $G$, then $d_1$,..,$d_s$ cannot be distinct. We consider the Herzog-Sch\"onheim conjecture for free groups of finite rank and propose a new approach, based on an extension of the Davenport-Rado result for $G=\mathbb{ Z}$.
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