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Nov 2, 2020Liked by Luisa Perkins

This is excellent! I am the WORST when it comes to the plurals of last names and now I see it all so clearly.

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Nov 2, 2020Liked by Luisa Perkins

Since I am not great at grammar this is excellent advice. And since I am not great at grammar, I have a question about family units who have different names. If there is only one Tietjen and three Moores who live together then how do you list the family? The Moores' and Tietjen family? The Tietjen and Moores' family? The Tietjen/Moore family (my preference)? All of the above? Could one address a letter to the Tietjen Moores, as well as to the Moore Tietjens? Since there are three Moores does the name always have to be plural? This is a puzzlement to me.

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Excellent! Hey this is really helpful for me, thank you! What would I do when the last name ends in E? For example, my last name is Flygare. Would I say, “The Flygares”?

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