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gasgiant
lemmy.ml
gasgiant@lemmy.ml Joined: 2023-08-08 |
Different contexts. 'There go the Trevors' would be correct as you're referring to a group comprised of two people named Trevor. You're essentially saying 'there goes the people whose name is Trevor.' Saying 'they're named Trevors' is incorrect as neither individual is named Trevors. You're taking about the singular name that each possesses. A singular name doesn't become plural. You wouldn't s...
It's perfectly correct. There are two people named Trevor. So the plural is named Trevors. Are you trying to suggest the correct plural of named Trevors is Trevi? They're named Trevi is completely wrong. |
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Billegh
lemmy.world
bhamlin@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-01 |
Both their names are Trevor
These are our Trevors. |
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RampantParanoia2365
lemmy.world
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-10-02 |
They're named Trevors It's clearly plural
Why would either one of them be named the plural of Trevor? |
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Diddlydee
feddit.uk
Diddlydee@feddit.uk Joined: 2024-07-23 |
It's perfectly correct. There are two people named Trevor. So the plural is named Trevors. Are you trying to suggest the correct plural of named Trevors is Trevi? They're named Trevi is completely wrong.
Nobody is suggesting Trevi but you. They're named Trevors will never be correct. The plural of Trevor is clearly Trevors, but the context of yours is referring to a singular name. Trevor functions as a singular name, not as a plural noun. The name doesn't change because multiple individuals possess it. It's the same reason we'd say, for example, two cities named Liverpool but two Liverpools. |
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Leviathan
fedinsfw.app
Leviathan@fedinsfw.app Joined: 2026-06-06 |
I would just say "They're both named Trevor."
Both of their names is Trevor? |
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Windex007
lemmy.world
Windex007@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-02 |
Them be Trevors |
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boletus
sh.itjust.works
boletus@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-07-12 |
I would just say "They're both named Trevor."
What if there's more than two Trevors? |
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SCmSTR
lemmy.blahaj.zone
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone Joined: 2023-07-24 |
Them be Trevors
This is the one grammatically acceptable time to use Thar |
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SCmSTR
lemmy.blahaj.zone
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone Joined: 2023-07-24 |
They're names' Trevor.
I'm upset. |
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LifeInMultipleChoice
lemmy.world
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-17 |
Both their names are Trevor
When would you use both their vs both of their in this scenario? Your's makes sense but I would have put an of, and I'm wondering if it's just a waste of letters. |
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zerofk
lemmy.zip
zerofk@lemmy.zip Joined: 2025-06-04 |
My interpretation: “their name is Trevor” is grammatically correct, but semantically means their collective name is Trevor, not that they’re both called Trevor. “Their names are Trevor” is incomplete because the subject implies a plural while the object is singular. This could work if you were to list multiple names: “their names are Trevor and Trevor.” |
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5wim
infosec.pub
5wim@infosec.pub Joined: 2025-06-07 |
Their names are Roberts Paulsons |
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Joined: 2023-06-09 |
When would you use both their vs both of their in this scenario? Your's makes sense but I would have put an of, and I'm wondering if it's just a waste of letters.
Both are valid. One might be more likely to feel more natural to say depending on where that person is from or how they were taught, that's it. |
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Mommy Longarms
sh.itjust.works
OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.worksJoined: 2023-07-19 |
What if there's more than two Trevors?
They're all named Trevor. |
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Caveman
lemmy.world
olafurp@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-08-19 |
Both correct, it depends whether you are saying,1 "They both have names and their names are Trevor" or "They both have the same name and that name is Trevor". So the real question is are you talking about their shared name or both of their names separately? |
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Gumus
lemmy.dbzer0.com
Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com Joined: 2025-02-28 |
As somebody who worked in a place with 5 Dougs, I would say their names are Doug. Beyond that, they get descriptors. Angry Doug, Cool Doug, Vac-Former Doug, Smiley Doug, and Doug 2.
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communism
lemmy.ml
communism@lemmy.mlJoined: 2024-03-19 |
"Their names are both Trevor" would sound the most unambiguous to me. |
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Master
sh.itjust.works
Master@sh.itjust.worksJoined: 2023-06-12 |
The trevors are named trevor. |
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