Question 1

Why does tels que have an 's' if le revenu is singular?

Accepted Answer

The phrase tel que (such as) must agree in gender and number with the noun it categorizes, not the example that follows it. Here, it refers back to les critères, which is masculine plural, so it becomes tels que.

Question 2

Could I just say comme le revenu instead of tels que le revenu?

Accepted Answer

Yes, comme also works to mean 'such as' or 'like'. The difference is that tel que is slightly more formal and frequently used in written French. Also, unlike tel que, comme is invariable and never changes its spelling to agree with a noun.

Question 3

Wait, critère ends in an 'e'. Why isn't it feminine?

Accepted Answer

Critère is one of those tricky French nouns that ends in '-e' but is actually masculine (un critère). You can spot its true gender in this sentence because the matching phrase is tels que, not the feminine plural telles que.

Question 4

Why do we need the word les in sont les plus importants?

Accepted Answer

This is how French forms the superlative (saying something is 'the most' or 'the least'). You must include the definite article (le, la, or les) before plus or moins. Since the subject is les critères, the matching article is les.

Les critères économiques, tels que le revenu, sont les plus importants.

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