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463 bytes removed , 16:11, 19 September 2019

moved possessive/pluralize logic to its own module

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 local p = {}
+local conjugate = require'Module:Grammar/Conjugate'
 function p.pluralize(frame, apostrophe)
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      if (prefix == nil or prefix == '' or postfix == nil or postfix == '') then
          return htmlString   --return unmodified string (couldn't find alpha character followed by closing HTML tag)
-    elseif (string.sub(prefix, -1) == 's') then
-        return (htmlString .. apostrophe)   --return unmodified (ends with 's', like 'boots', so we shouldn't append another 's')
-    elseif (string.sub(prefix, -1) == 'y') and apostrophe == '' then
-        return (string.sub(prefix, 1, -2) ..  'ies' .. postfix)
-    elseif (string.sub(prefix, -1) == 'z' or string.sub(prefix, -2) == 'ch' or string.sub(prefix, -2) == 'sh' or string.sub(prefix, -1) == 'x') and apostrophe == '' then
-        return (prefix ..  'es' .. postfix)
      else
-        return (prefix .. apostrophe .. 's' .. postfix)
+      return (conjugate.pluralize(prefix, apostrophe) .. postfix)
      end
 end