Learn Italian: Un orientamento neutrale aiuta a superare i pregiudizi. - A neutral orientation helps to overcome prejudice.

In Italian, the verb aiutare requires the preposition a when it is followed by an infinitive verb. So, "helps to overcome" becomes aiuta a superare. You cannot connect these two verbs without the preposition.

The English translation uses the singular "prejudice," but the Italian sentence uses the plural i pregiudizi. Why?

When talking about preconceived ideas or biases in a general sense, Italians typically use the plural i pregiudizi rather than the singular. Furthermore, unlike English, Italian requires definite articles (like i) before general or abstract nouns.

Why does pregiudizi only have one i at the end, considering the singular is pregiudizio?

Nouns ending in an unstressed -io (like pregiudizio) drop the final -o and use a single -i for the plural to avoid an awkward spelling. You only see a double -ii if the i is stressed in the singular form, such as in zio (uncle) becoming zii.

Could I use neutro instead of neutrale here?