Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Pluralize
How do you pluralize a name that ends with a vowel, such as Luciani?
Top answer
Do you mean several people from the family Luciani? Probably Lucianis. g.
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Do you mean several people from the family Luciani? Probably Lucianis. So you'd say 'I'm going to see the Lucianis.'
I'm assuming it's a name that's set in that form (e.g. Mike Luciani). With the '-i' ending it looks like it's already an Italian or Latin plural, of Luciano/Lucianus.
I'm assuming it's a name that's set in that form (e.g. Mike Luciani). With the '-i' ending it looks like it's already an Italian or Latin plural, of Luciano/Lucianus.
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deborah_dWith the '-i' ending it looks like it's already an Italian or Latin plural, of Luciano/Lucianus.True, but in Italian we don't pluralise surnames. So, if somebody's surname is "Luciano", his family in Italian would still be "i Luciano / la famiglia Luciano" (in English: the Lucianos). Conversely, if the
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