which one is grammatically correct?
Quelques savants qu’ils soient, il leur reste beaucoup à apprendre.
Quelque savants qu’ils soient, il leur reste beaucoup à apprendre.

which one is grammatically correct?

thanks a lot...
my grammar book tells the second is correct.....
I'd like to hear from native speakers' opinions.

:)

Question

which one is grammatically correct?
Quelques savants qu’ils soient, il leur reste beaucoup à apprendre.
Quelque savants qu’ils soient, il leur reste beaucoup à apprendre.

which one is grammatically correct?

thanks a lot...
my grammar book tells the second is correct.....
I'd like to hear from native speakers' opinions. 

:)

Answer

Ici, "quelque" est un adverbe, et ainsi invariable.
Toutefois, la construction " quelque + adj./ adv. + que... + verbe(subjonctif)" s'utilise rarement. Elle s'avère équivalente à "tout/si/aussi... que":
Tout savants qu'ils soient,...

Answer

Bonjour

OUI, it is the second answer because we can say or write
"N'importe le quel de ces savants"

Answer

first one, 'ils' qualify the 'savants' and 'quelques' quality the noun 'savants'

clearly it is "masculin pluriel" because of 'ils'

oh well, I am not native French speaker, so there might be exceptions,
but French usually follows 'wrtten' logic only

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