Words ending in 's' should never be pluralized by adding another 's'
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Description
stockings -> stockingss
jeans -> jeanss
sandals -> sandalss
How do I avoid this? I can fix the specific words with defnoun('jeans', 'jeans'), which corrects the result for an isolated string 'jeans' -> 'jeans'.
However, if I try to run plural_noun on 'blue jeans' instead of 'jeans' it then breaks again, returning 'blue jeanss'. I understand this is because 'blue jeans' appears to be a different string from 'jeans', but perhaps it should check the rules for the part of the string it is altering?
I've gotten around this so far by this incredibly hacky 'solution', so any improvement would obviously be immensely appreciated:
```
plural = _INFLECT.plural_noun(key, count)
if plural.endswith('ss'):
plural = plural[0:-1]
```
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported cases with plural_noun, including “blue jeans,” and compare them with the defnoun('jeans', 'jeans') behavior. Trace how plural_noun applies rules to the final word or phrase; done means words ending in “s” are not given an extra “s” in both isolated and multi-word inputs.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Stale
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- 35/100