Humanizer.Inflections.Vocabulary
Vocabulary Class
A container for exceptions to simple pluralization/singularization rules. Vocabularies.Default contains an extensive list of rules for US English. At this time, multiple vocabularies and removing existing rules are not supported.
public class Vocabulary
Inheritance System.Object → Vocabulary
Methods
Vocabulary.AddIrregular(string, string, bool) Method
Adds a word to the vocabulary which cannot easily be pluralized/singularized by RegEx, e.g. "person" and "people".
public void AddIrregular(string singular, string plural, bool matchEnding=true);
Parameters
singular System.String
The singular form of the irregular word, e.g. "person".
plural System.String
The plural form of the irregular word, e.g. "people".
matchEnding System.Boolean
True to match these words on their own as well as at the end of longer words. False, otherwise.
Vocabulary.AddPlural(string, string) Method
Adds a rule to the vocabulary that does not follow trivial rules for pluralization, e.g. "bus" -> "buses"
public void AddPlural(string rule, string replacement);
Parameters
rule System.String
RegEx to be matched, case insensitive, e.g. "(bus)es$"
replacement System.String
RegEx replacement e.g. "$1"
Vocabulary.AddSingular(string, string) Method
Adds a rule to the vocabulary that does not follow trivial rules for singularization, e.g. "vertices/indices -> "vertex/index"
public void AddSingular(string rule, string replacement);
Parameters
rule System.String
RegEx to be matched, case insensitive, e.g. ""(vert|ind)ices$""
replacement System.String
RegEx replacement e.g. "$1ex"
Vocabulary.AddUncountable(string) Method
Adds an uncountable word to the vocabulary, e.g. "fish". Will be ignored when plurality is changed.
public void AddUncountable(string word);
Parameters
word System.String
Word to be added to the list of uncountables.
Vocabulary.Pluralize(string, bool) Method
Pluralizes the provided input considering irregular words
public string Pluralize(string word, bool inputIsKnownToBeSingular=true);
Parameters
word System.String
Word to be pluralized
inputIsKnownToBeSingular System.Boolean
Normally you call Pluralize on singular words; but if you're unsure call it with false
Returns
Vocabulary.Singularize(string, bool, bool) Method
Singularizes the provided input considering irregular words
public string Singularize(string word, bool inputIsKnownToBePlural=true, bool skipSimpleWords=false);
Parameters
word System.String
Word to be singularized
inputIsKnownToBePlural System.Boolean
Normally you call Singularize on plural words; but if you're unsure call it with false
skipSimpleWords System.Boolean
Skip singularizing single words that have an 's' on the end