pluralize: Converts Words to their Plural Form
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pluralize

R Documentation

Converts Words to their Plural Form

Description

A function to change words to their plural form. The rules for converting words to their plural forms are based on the grammar rules.

This function handles most special cases and some irregular cases (see examples) but caution is necessary. If no plural form is identified, then the original word is returned.

Usage

pluralize(word)

Arguments

word

A word

Value

Returns the word in singular form, unless a plural form could not be found (then the original word is returned)

Author(s)

Alexander Christensen <alexpaulchristensen@gmail.com>

Examples

# Handles any prototypical cases
"dogs"
pluralize("dog")

"foxes"
pluralize("fox")

"wolves"
pluralize("wolf")

"octopi"
pluralize("octopus")

"taxa"
pluralize("taxon")

# And most special cases:
"wives"
pluralize("wife")

"roofs"
pluralize("roof")

"photos"
pluralize("photo")

# And some irregular cases:
"children"
pluralize("child")

"teeth"
pluralize("tooth")

"mice"
pluralize("mouse")

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