Pluralize an english noun, pronoun, verb or adjective.

Arguments

• word is any English word.

• mode is :modern or :classical. The default is :modern. This applies to nouns only.

Returns

• a String representing the pluralized word.

Notes

mode when :classical applies pluralization on latin nouns in english but with latin suffixes.

Examples

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize "fish"
"fish"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize "soliloquy"
"soliloquies"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize "genius", :classical
"genii"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize "has"
"have"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize "catches"
"catch"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize "child's"
"children's"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize "Mary's"
"Marys'"

Pluralize an english adjective.

Arguments

• word is any English adjective.

Returns

• a String representing the pluralized adjective

Examples

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_adjective "a"
"some"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_adjective "my"
"our"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_adjective "child's"
"children's"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_adjective "Mary's"
"Marys'"

Pluralize an english noun.

Arguments

• word is any English noun.

• mode is :modern or :classical. The default is :modern.

Returns

• a String representing the pluralized noun

Notes

mode when :classical applies pluralization on latin nouns used in english but with latin suffixes.

Examples

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_noun "Major general"
"Major generals"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_noun "fish"
"fish"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_noun "soliloquy"
"soliloquies"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_noun "genius", :classical
"genii"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_noun "genius"
"geniuses"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_noun "platypus", :classical
"platypodes"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_noun "platypus"
"platypuses"

Pluralize an english verb.

Arguments

• word is any English verb.

Returns

• a String representing the pluralized verb

Examples

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_verb "has"
"have"

iex> Text.Inflect.En.pluralize_verb "catches"
"catch"