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function p.pluralize(str, apostrophe) | function p.pluralize(str, apostrophe) | ||
apostrophe = apostrophe or '' | |||
local irregularplurals = { | |||
man = 'men' | |||
} | |||
if irregularplurals[str] ~= nil then | |||
return irregularplurals[str] | |||
elseif (str:sub(-1) == 's') then | |||
return (str .. apostrophe) --return unmodified (ends with 's', like 'boots', so we shouldn't append another 's') | |||
elseif (string.sub(str, -1) == 'y') and apostrophe == '' then | |||
return (string.sub(str, 1, -2) .. 'ies') | |||
elseif (str:sub(-1) == 'z' or str:sub(-2) == 'ch' or str:sub(-2) == 'sh' or str:sub(-1) == 'x') and apostrophe == '' then | |||
return (str .. 'es') | |||
else | |||
return (str.. apostrophe .. 's') | |||
end | |||
end | end | ||
function p.make_possessive(string) | function p.make_possessive(string) | ||
return p.pluralize(string, "'") | |||
end | end | ||
function p.singularverb(string) | function p.singularverb(string) | ||
--[ Assumes the input string is already a plural verb.] | |||
local irregularsingulars = { | |||
["are"] = 'is', | ["are"] = 'is', | ||
["were"] = 'was', | ["were"] = 'was', | ||
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["don't"] = "doesn't", | ["don't"] = "doesn't", | ||
["'ve"] = "'s" | ["'ve"] = "'s" | ||
} | |||
local result = irregularsingulars[string] | |||
if result ~= nil and result ~= '' then | |||
return result | |||
else | |||
return string .. "s" | |||
end | |||
end | end | ||
function p.capitalize(str) | |||
str = str.args and str.args[1] or str | |||
return str:gsub("^%l", string.upper) | |||
end | |||
return p | return p | ||