To grant or not to grant “such”, that is the question.
Before wondering about the spelling of the word, let's identify its position in the famous popular formula:
"Like father, like son."
Here placed before a noun, “tel” is an epithet adjective.
The rule that the latter agrees in gender and number with the noun it precedes, so "such" is in the masculine singular as are the words "father" and "son".
Other examples:
“He is evil like the viper”
and
“I wish one day to achieve such recognition.”
Here “such” is written like this because “viper” and “recognition” are singular feminine.
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When “such” is an attribute of the subject, in other words used with a stative verb (“to be”, for example), as in the sentence
“I stayed because such is your choice”
, the same rule applies, explains the Voltaire Project.
Similarly, when the expressions "as such" or "as such" are used, "such" agrees with the noun to which it refers.
It is then agreed to say:
“She was always evaluated as such / as such.”
Comparison tool
The word “tel” is also a tool of comparison that is frequently used with “que”.
In the present case, it agrees with the term put in comparison which precedes it:
"Paul read many full-bodied works such as philosophical essays."
The agreement is made with "works", in the masculine plural, hence "such as".
And if the noun that follows is feminine plural, it doesn't matter.
So it is said:
"Mary likes nuts such as pistachios, almonds and walnuts."
Occasionally, the noun that relates to "such" is located later in the sentence, but this should not change the agreement.
To say
"a few people did not wish to stand up to applaud the assembly, such as Nicolas, Claire and Jeanne
" amounts to formulating
"a few people, such as Nicolas, Claire and Jeanne, did not wish to stand up to applaud the 'assembly'
.