Would I use 'elles' for when there are mor | French Q & A

Ryker B.A0Kwiziq community member

Would I use 'elles' for when there are more women than men in a group?

I know that ils is used for masculine or mixed masculine and feminine groups and elles is used for feminine groups. But what if there are more feminine than masculine objects such as a group of one man and ten women? Would it then be acceptable to use 'elles' to refer to that group or would I still have to use ils even if only thing is masculine?

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

No, you use ils with every mixed group, so a single grammatically male object or subject would suffice.

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Ryker B. asked:

Would I use 'elles' for when there are more women than men in a group?

I know that ils is used for masculine or mixed masculine and feminine groups and elles is used for feminine groups. But what if there are more feminine than masculine objects such as a group of one man and ten women? Would it then be acceptable to use 'elles' to refer to that group or would I still have to use ils even if only thing is masculine?

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