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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Pluralize someone's first name

0In the movie "Back to the future", there comes a time when Marty of 1985 ends up at the same time of the Marty of 2015. In the Wikipedia entry for "Back to the future trilogy", someone made a change to "the simultaneous presence of two 00Marty01font00s02font00, two 00Jennifer01font00s02font00 00and possibly two 00Docs00." (adding 's' to the names).02br
00I'm French and I know that we can't pluralize the name of a person in French, and I believe it's the same in english. Right? 0-
  

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0It's an unusual case, but you can do it at times like that or things like: When I was in a choir once, there were four Barbaras and two Carolines. "0-

  • 0It's an unusual case, but you can do it at times like that or things like: When I was in a choir once, there were four Barbaras and two Carolines.
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0It's an unusual case, but you can do it at times like that or things like: When I was in a choir once, there were four Barbaras and two Carolines. Also, I have another Barb on my team and it's not uncommon to hear someone say "I always get the Barbs confused."0-

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