# Same singular as plural, can be extended via addl_same parameter
en_us_same = [
- "sheep",
- "fish",
- "salmon",
+ "aircraft",
"buffalo",
+ "deer",
+ "fish",
+ "goose",
+ "hovercraft",
"moose",
+ "salmon",
+ "sheep",
"shrimp",
+ "spacecraft",
"trout",
- "aircraft",
"watercraft",
- "hovercraft",
- "spacecraft",
- "deer",
- "goose",
] + addl_same
# Doesn't follow other rules, plural is always s, can be extended via addl_special_s
en_us_special_s = [
- "roof",
- "proof",
- "spoof",
- "piano",
"cello",
"hello",
"photo",
+ "piano",
+ "proof",
+ "roof",
+ "spoof",
"zero",
] + addl_special_s
@@ -180,16 +180,16 @@ Source code for talkgooder
list(
{
"child": "children",
+ "criterion": "criteria",
+ "die": "dice",
+ "louse": "lice",
+ "man": "men",
+ "mouse": "mice",
+ "ox": "oxen",
"person": "people",
+ "phenomenon": "phenomena",
"tooth": "teeth",
- "ox": "oxen",
- "mouse": "mice",
- "man": "men",
"woman": "women",
- "louse": "lice",
- "die": "dice",
- "phenomenon": "phenomena",
- "criterion": "criteria",
}.items()
)
+ list(addl_irregular.items())
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ Source code for talkgooder
) -> str:
"""Given a quanity, determine if article should be ``is`` or ``are``.
- Given a quantity of nouns or noun-equivalents, determine whether the most article should be
+ Given a quantity of nouns or noun-equivalents, determine whether the article should be
``is`` or ``are``. For example, "there is one cat," and "there are two cats."
**Supported locales:**
@@ -440,6 +440,51 @@ Source code for talkgooder
+
+
[docs]
+
def wasWere(
+
number: int | float,
+
language="en-US",
+
) -> str:
+
"""Given a quanity, determine if article should be ``ws`` or ``were``.
+
+
Given a quantity of nouns or noun-equivalents, determine whether the article should be
+
``was`` or ``were``. For example, "there was one cat," and "there were two cats."
+
+
**Supported locales:**
+
+
* ``en-US``: American English
+
+
Args:
+
number (int | float):
+
Quantity of items.
+
language (str):
+
Which language rules to apply, specified by locale (default ``en-US``).
+
+
Returns:
+
String:
+
``was`` or ``were``, as appropriate.
+
+
Raises:
+
TypeError: number must be an int or float.
+
ValueError: language must be a supported locale.
+
"""
+
+
if not isinstance(number, (int, float)):
+
raise TypeError("Number must be an int or a float.")
+
+
if language.lower() == "en-us":
+
# Anything other than integer 1 (even 1.0) uses "were"
+
if number == 1 and isinstance(number, int):
+
return "was"
+
else:
+
return "were"
+
+
else:
+
raise ValueError("Language must be a supported locale.")
[docs]
def aAn(
diff --git a/docs/_static/documentation_options.js b/docs/_static/documentation_options.js
index 30f1168..675092f 100644
--- a/docs/_static/documentation_options.js
+++ b/docs/_static/documentation_options.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
const DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = {
- VERSION: '0.0.post1.dev1+gdebd171',
+ VERSION: '1.0.4.post1.dev2+g818c923.d20241008',
LANGUAGE: 'en',
COLLAPSE_INDEX: false,
BUILDER: 'html',
diff --git a/docs/genindex.html b/docs/genindex.html
index 89011fb..f14a77b 100644
--- a/docs/genindex.html
+++ b/docs/genindex.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
-
Index — talkGooder 0.0.post1.dev1+gdebd171 documentation
+
Index — talkGooder 1.0.4.post1.dev2+g818c923.d20241008 documentation
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
-
+
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
talkGooder
- 0.0.post1.dev1+gdebd171
+ 1.0.4.post1.dev2+g818c923.d20241008
A
@@ -145,6 +146,14 @@
T
+
W
+
+
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 02732f6..fbc936e 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- talkGooder documentation — talkGooder 0.0.post1.dev1+gdebd171 documentation
+ talkGooder documentation — talkGooder 1.0.4.post1.dev2+g818c923.d20241008 documentation
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
-
+
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
talkGooder
- 0.0.post1.dev1+gdebd171
+ 1.0.4.post1.dev2+g818c923.d20241008