jaraco/inflect

singular_noun on word ending in "s" removes s.

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#159 opened on May 18, 2022

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import inflect as Inflect
inflect = Inflect.engine()
inflect.singular_noun("car")           # get False, as expected
inflect.singular_noun("mass")          # get "mas", expected False

Is this behavior a bug? singular_noun() is supposed to return False when the word is already singular, and I can find no reference to suggest "mass" is the plural of "mas", which is itself the plural of "ma".

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Inspect the singular noun function and identify the logic that incorrectly removes trailing 's' for words like 'mass'. Look at the base rules or exceptions. Add a condition to return False for already singular words ending in 's' that are not plurals.
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