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use strict;
use warnings;
package Acme::Lingua::EN::Inflect::Modern;
$Acme::Lingua::EN::Inflect::Modern::VERSION = '0.006';
use parent qw(Exporter);
# ABSTRACT: modernize Lingua::EN::Inflect rule's

use Lingua::EN::Inflect 1.86 ();
use Sub::Override 0.07;

BEGIN { our %EXPORT_TAGS = %Lingua::EN::Inflect::EXPORT_TAGS };

Exporter::export_ok_tags(qw( ALL ));

# =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 BUG'S
#
# Please report any bug's or feature request's via the GitHub issue tracker at
# L<https://github.com/rjbs/Acme-Lingua-EN-Inflect-Modern/issues>.  I will be
# notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
# your bug as I make change's.
#
# =cut

1;

__END__

=pod

=encoding UTF-8

=head1 NAME

Acme::Lingua::EN::Inflect::Modern - modernize Lingua::EN::Inflect rule's

=head1 VERSION

version 0.006

=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.

=head1 BUG'S

Please report any bug's or feature request's via the GitHub issue tracker at
L<https://github.com/rjbs/Acme-Lingua-EN-Inflect-Modern/issues>.  I will be
notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
your bug as I make change's.

=head1 AUTHOR

Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2007 by Ricardo SIGNES.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

=cut