Pourquoi le mot « éclipsé » n'est pas pluriel ? Should it not agrée with the dances?
je pense qu'elles auraient éclipsé les chanteurs.
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je pense qu'elles auraient éclipsé les chanteurs.
AH,
Compound tenses conjugated with avoir don’t take past participle agreement (specifically) with the subject - which is ‘ elles ‘ in the 2nd clause.
They also do not take past participle agreement if the verb’s direct object does not precede the verb.
‘Les chanteurs ‘ is the direct object of the verb form ‘ auraient éclipsé ‘.
‘ Que ‘ is a conjunction in this sentence, not a direct object relative pronoun of the following verb.
The bolded sentence as written initially is correct.
Conjugate regular -er verbs (+ avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/que
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/subordinating-conjunctions/
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