Pluralize
Details
- Pluralize["noun",…] works for standard singular dictionary words; for other words it generates a message and returns the original string.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Find the plural form automatically:
Pluralize["dog", 2]Pluralize["dog", 1]Pluralize["bacterium", 10]Provide explicit and singular plural forms:
Pluralize[{"foo", "foos"}, 10]Match the inflection to the number of elements in a list:
Pluralize["cat", {"Merlin", "Felix", "Tiger", "Woodstock"}]Scope (3)
Pluralize["louse"]Pluralize a word automatically given a count:
Pluralize["cactus", 1]Pluralize["cactus", 2]Pluralize a word given a variety of counts:
Table[Pluralize["cactus", cnt], {cnt, {-100, -1, 0, 1, 1 / 2, .75, 2, 999}}]Pluralize a word given a singular/plural list plus a count:
Pluralize[{"mouse", "mice"}, 1]Pluralize[{"mouse", "mice"}, 2]Pluralize a word given a variety of counts:
Table[Pluralize[{"mouse", "mice"}, cnt], {cnt, {-100, -1, 0, 1, 1 / 2, .75, 2, 999}}]Properties & Relations (1)
Plural forms are typically included in the list of "InflectedForms" for "Word" entities:
Entity["Word", "mouse"]["InflectedForms"]Possible Issues (1)
If a plural form is not specified, Pluralize will verify that the inflected form is a valid English noun; if not, it will return the original string:
Pluralize[{"madeUpWord", "madeUpWords"}, 5]Pluralize["madeUpWord", 5]
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), Pluralize, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pluralize.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "Pluralize." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pluralize.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). Pluralize. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pluralize.html