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Pluralize stands for an automate script process, that checks a word (for example, english word "box") and adds its plural end "es", so it comes "boxes", when it is needed to be plural. Term is used in many programming languages.

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ASP.NET MVC Controller Naming Pluralization

RESTful conventions indicate using plural nouns over singular objects. What is the pluralization convention for naming ASP.NET MVC controllers, i.e. ProductController or ProductsController?
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Plurality in user messages

Many times, when generating messages to show to the user, the message will contain a number of something that I want to inform the customer about. I'll give an example: The customer has selected a number of items from 1 and up, and has clicked…
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i18n Pluralization

I want to be able to translate pluralized strings in i18n in rails. A string can be : You have 2 kids or You have 1 kid I know that I can use pluralize helper method, but I want to embed this in i18n translations so that I don't have to mess up…
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How do I override rails naming conventions?

I have a model named "clothing" which I want to be the singlular (one piece of clothing). By default, rails says the plural is clothings. Right or wrong, I think it will be more readable if the plural is "clothes". How do I override the plural…
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JavaScript pluralize an english string

In PHP, I use Kuwamoto's class to pluralize nouns in my strings. I didn't find something as good as this script in javascript except for some plugins. So, it would be great to have a javascript function based on Kuwamoto's…
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Entity Framework Core RC2 table name pluralization

Is there a way to do what this code did in EF Core RC 2? protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder) { modelBuilder.Conventions.Remove(); }
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Is there a pluralize function in Ruby NOT Rails?

I am writing some Ruby code, not Rails, and I need to handle something like this: found 1 match found 2 matches I have Rails installed so maybe I might be able to add a require clause at the top of the script, but does anyone know of a RUBY method…
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pluralize without count number in rails 4

I am building a blog app. I'd like to be able to pluralize the word "article" if more than one "post" is "published." Like so: Available Articles or Available Article This is what I have.... Available <%= pluralize @posts.published, "Article"…
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Is there a way to use pluralize() inside a model rather than a view?

It seems pluralize only works within a view -- is there some way that my models can use pluralize too?
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Java API for plural forms of English words

Are there any Java API(s) which will provide plural form of English words (e.g. cacti for cactus)?
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How turn off pluralize table creation for Entity Framework 5?

I am trying to use Entity Framework 5. The first problem was that EF creats tables automatically. I tried to fix it by including dbModelBuilder.Conventions.Remove(). The second problem was the error like this The…
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override default pluralize for model-name in rails3

my locale is :de and I like to get this: Sheet.model_name.human.pluralize # => Belegs to add me a trailing "e" instead of "s" Sheet.model_name.human.pluralize # => Belege just for the Sheet-class. Can I add it somehow in my…
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Undefined method 'pluralize' for #

Not sure why this has decided to stop working. customers_controller.rb redirect_to customers_url, notice: pluralize(@imported_customers.size, "customer") + " imported!" And I'm getting the error: NoMethodError: undefined method…
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Pluralize English words Like LINQ to SQL Does

Possible Duplicate: Pluralize - Singularize The C# 4.0 (maybe older versions, but I've only tested with 4.0) Linq-to-SQL generator will pluralize your table names; even tough plurals like Territory. It knows that Territories is the plural. Is…
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Test if a word is singular or plural in Ruby on Rails

Quick question. How can I test a word to see if it is singular or plural? I'd really like: test_singularity('word') # => true test_singularity('words') # => false I bet rails is capable! Thanks.
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