def depluralize(s):
"""Returns the singular of s."""
lowered = s.lower()
if lowered in plurals:
return matchCase(s, plurals[lowered])
elif any(lowered.endswith, ['ches', 'shes', 'sses']):
return s[:-2]
elif re.search(_depluralizeRegex, lowered):
return s[:-3] + 'y'
else:
if lowered.endswith('s'):
return s[:-1] # Chop off 's'.
else:
return s # Don't know what to do.
def depluralize(s):
"""Returns the singular of s."""
lowered = s.lower()
if lowered in plurals:
return matchCase(s, plurals[lowered])
elif any(lowered.endswith, ['ches', 'shes', 'sses']):
return s[:-2]
elif re.search(_depluralizeRegex, lowered):
return s[:-3] + 'y'
else:
if lowered.endswith('s'):
return s[:-1] # Chop off 's'.
else:
return s # Don't know what to do.
def depluralize(s):
"""Returns the singular of s."""
consonants = 'bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz'
_depluralizeRegex = re.compile('[%s]ies' % consonants)
lowered = s.lower()
if lowered in plurals:
return matchCase(s, plurals[lowered])
elif any(lowered.endswith, ['ches', 'shes', 'sses']):
return s[:-2]
elif re.search(_depluralizeRegex, lowered):
return s[:-3] + 'y'
else:
if lowered.endswith('s'):
return s[:-1] # Chop off 's'.
else:
return s # Don't know what to do.
def depluralize(s):
"""Returns the singular of s."""
consonants = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz"
_depluralizeRegex = re.compile("[%s]ies" % consonants)
lowered = s.lower()
if lowered in plurals:
return matchCase(s, plurals[lowered])
elif any(lowered.endswith, ["ches", "shes", "sses"]):
return s[:-2]
elif re.search(_depluralizeRegex, lowered):
return s[:-3] + "y"
else:
if lowered.endswith("s"):
return s[:-1] # Chop off 's'.
else:
return s # Don't know what to do.
def depluralize(s):
"""Returns the singular of s."""
consonants = 'bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz'
_depluralizeRegex = re.compile('[%s]ies' % consonants)
lowered = s.lower()
if lowered in plurals:
return matchCase(s, plurals[lowered])
elif any(lowered.endswith, ['ches', 'shes', 'sses']):
return s[:-2]
elif re.search(_depluralizeRegex, lowered):
return s[:-3] + 'y'
else:
if lowered.endswith('s'):
return s[:-1] # Chop off 's'.
else:
return s # Don't know what to do.
def pluralize(s):
"""Returns the plural of s. Put any exceptions to the general English
rule of appending 's' in the plurals dictionary.
"""
lowered = s.lower()
# Exception dictionary
if lowered in plurals:
return matchCase(s, plurals[lowered])
# Words ending with 'ch', 'sh' or 'ss' such as 'punch(es)', 'fish(es)
# and miss(es)
elif any(lowered.endswith, ['x', 'ch', 'sh', 'ss']):
return matchCase(s, s + 'es')
# Words ending with a consonant followed by a 'y' such as
# 'try (tries)' or 'spy (spies)'
elif _pluralizeRegex.search(lowered):
return matchCase(s, s[:-1] + 'ies')
# In all other cases, we simply add an 's' to the base word
else:
return matchCase(s, s + 's')
def pluralize(s):
"""Returns the plural of s. Put any exceptions to the general English
rule of appending 's' in the plurals dictionary.
"""
lowered = s.lower()
# Exception dictionary
if lowered in plurals:
return matchCase(s, plurals[lowered])
# Words ending with 'ch', 'sh' or 'ss' such as 'punch(es)', 'fish(es)
# and miss(es)
elif any(lowered.endswith, ['x', 'ch', 'sh', 'ss']):
return matchCase(s, s+'es')
# Words ending with a consonant followed by a 'y' such as
# 'try (tries)' or 'spy (spies)'
elif _pluralizeRegex.search(lowered):
return matchCase(s, s[:-1] + 'ies')
# In all other cases, we simply add an 's' to the base word
else:
return matchCase(s, s+'s')
def pluralize(s):
"""Returns the plural of s. Put any exceptions to the general English
rule of appending 's' in the plurals dictionary.
"""
consonants = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz"
_pluralizeRegex = re.compile("[%s]y$" % consonants)
lowered = s.lower()
# Exception dictionary
if lowered in plurals:
return matchCase(s, plurals[lowered])
# Words ending with 'ch', 'sh' or 'ss' such as 'punch(es)', 'fish(es)
# and miss(es)
elif any(lowered.endswith, ["x", "ch", "sh", "ss"]):
return matchCase(s, s + "es")
# Words ending with a consonant followed by a 'y' such as
# 'try (tries)' or 'spy (spies)'
elif _pluralizeRegex.search(lowered):
return matchCase(s, s[:-1] + "ies")
# In all other cases, we simply add an 's' to the base word
else:
return matchCase(s, s + "s")
