package Acme::Lingua::EN::Inflect::Modern;
use base qw(Exporter);
use warnings;
use strict;
use Lingua::EN::Inflect ();
use Sub::Override;
BEGIN { our %EXPORT_TAGS = %Lingua::EN::Inflect::EXPORT_TAGS };
Exporter::export_ok_tags(qw( ALL ));
=head1 NAME
Acme::Lingua::EN::Inflect::Modern - modernize Lingua::EN::Inflect rule's
=head1 VERSION
version 0.004
$Id$
=cut
our $VERSION = '0.004';
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Lingua::EN::Inflect is great for converting singular word's to plural's, but
does not always match modern usage. This module corrects the most common
case's.
See L<Lingua::EN::Inflect> for information on using this module, which has an
identical interface.
=cut
my %todo = map { map { $_ => 1 } @$_ }
values %Lingua::EN::Inflect::EXPORT_TAGS;
for my $routine (keys %todo) {
no strict 'refs';
*{__PACKAGE__ . '::' . $routine} = sub {
my $override = Sub::Override->new(
'Lingua::EN::Inflect::_PL_noun' => \&_PL_noun
);
Lingua::EN::Inflect->can($routine)->(@_);
};
}
my $original_PL_noun;
BEGIN { $original_PL_noun = \&Lingua::EN::Inflect::_PL_noun; }
sub _PL_noun {
my ($word, $number) = @_;
my $plural = $original_PL_noun->($word, $number);
return $plural if $plural eq 'his';
return $plural if $plural eq 'us';
if ($word =~ /es$/) {
$plural =~ s/e(s$|s\|)/'$1/;
} elsif ($word =~ /y$/) {
$plural =~ s/(?:ie|y)?(s$|s\|)/y'$1/;
} else {
$plural =~ s/(s$|s\|)/'$1/;
}
return $plural;
}
=head1 AUTHOR
Ricardo SIGNES, C<< <rjbs@cpan.org > >>
=head1 BUG'S
Please report any bug's or feature request's the web interface at
L<http://rt.cpan.org>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be
notified of progress on your bug as I make change's.
=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2007 Ricardo SIGNES, All Right's Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same term's as Perl itself.
=cut
1;