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2 Release of version 1.89 of Lingua::EN::Inflect
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5DESCRIPTION
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7The exportable subroutines of Lingua::EN::Inflect provide plural
8inflections and "a"/"an" selection for English words.
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10Plural forms of all nouns, most verbs, and some adjectives are
11provided. Where appropriate, "classical" variants (for example:
12"brother" -> "brethren", "dogma" -> "dogmata", etc.) are also
13provided.
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15Pronunciation-based "a"/"an" selection is provided for all English
16words, and most initialisms.
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18Lingua::EN::Inflect also provides facilities for comparing
19words in a "number-insensitive" manner (that is, an eq-like
20comparison in which "ox" and "oxen" compare equal).
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22In generating these inflections, Lingua::EN::Inflect follows the
23Oxford English Dictionary and the guidelines in Fowler's Modern
24English Usage, preferring the former where the two disagree.
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26The module is built around standard British spelling, but is
27designed to cope with common American variants as well. Slang,
28jargon, and other English dialects are *not* explicitly catered
29for. However, the module does provide the ability to define new
30plural forms (or redefine existing ones).
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32Where two or more inflected forms exist for a single word
33(typically a "classical" form and a "modern" form), by default
34Lingua::EN::Inflect returns the more common form (typically the
35"modern" one). The programmer can, however, specify that
36"classical" plurals should be preferred.
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40
41CHANGES IN VERSION 1.89
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43
44 - Fixed "millennium" (thanks Tim)
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46 - Fixed "casinos" (thanks Roel)
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48 - Fixed verbal "..oes -> ..oe" (thanks Roel)
49
50 - Fixed "auto" -> "autos" (thanks Emad)
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52 - Added 'one' option to NUMWORDS (see docs) (thanks Decklin)
53
54 - Allowed A and AN to cope with (i.e. ignore) an existing
55 indefinite article (see docs)
56
57 - Added finer-grain control over classical modes
58
59 - Fixed "macro" -> "macros"
60
61 - Fixed "zero" => "zeros"
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63 - Fixed "a UK", "a UNESCO" (thanks SKV!)
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68AVAILABILITY
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70Lingua::EN::Inflect has been uploaded to the CPAN
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