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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Pluralize

How do you pluralize a name that ends with a vowel, such as Luciani?
  

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Do you mean several people from the family Luciani? Probably Lucianis. g.

— Deborah_d

  • Do you mean several people from the family Luciani?
  • Probably Lucianis.
  • 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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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.
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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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