Timeline for Replacing proper noun "-y" suffix to match plural case [duplicate]
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| Jun 2, 2016 at 4:42 | history | closed |
tchrist♦ user140086 vickyace MetaEd herisson |
Duplicate of How do I pluralize a name ending in "y"? | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 3:00 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Jun 1, 2016 at 2:59 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | @Inazuma Consider why it’s Googling not Googleing: if there were a rule about not messing with a root name, then that would yield Googleing, but that's clearly wrong. See the related question about Why it’s Skyping not Skypeing | |
| May 31, 2016 at 14:22 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 31, 2016 at 13:38 | vote | accept | Valkyrie | ||
| May 31, 2016 at 13:08 | answer | added | Max Williams | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 31, 2016 at 12:15 | comment | added | Inazuma | I agree with Spagirl about not messing with the root name. For example take 'Lily', we would write Lilys, not lilies (as in the flower) | |
| May 31, 2016 at 12:09 | comment | added | Spagirl | Would multiple people called Angus be 'Anguses' of 'Angi'? I tend to the view that names are names and ought not to be messed with, so adding something to make a plural seems more respectful than changing something to make a plural. | |
| May 31, 2016 at 12:07 | comment | added | Spagirl | So the question is, if you have two people who are both called Morty, and you wish to write something which refers to them collectively, would you write 'Mortys' or 'Morties'? Personally I would reword the sentence to avoid the question, if that wasn't possible I'd go for 'Mortys', but I am not aware of any rule which governs the situation. | |
| May 31, 2016 at 11:50 | comment | added | BillJ | What or who is "Morty"? Ah, got it - it's a person's name. | |
| May 31, 2016 at 11:41 | comment | added | TrevorD | A proper noun is the name of someone or something, such as "Emilia". Why would you make "Emilia" plural? Please give an example of context where you wish to make "Morty" plural. | |
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| May 31, 2016 at 11:34 | history | asked | Valkyrie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |