Module: ProgrammingIpsum::Inflector::Verb

Included in:
ProgrammingIpsum::Inflector
Defined in:
lib/programming_ipsum/inflector.rb

Overview

reference www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/verb-tenses-adding-ed-and-ing

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#agreement_verb(word) ⇒ Object

reference smrtenglish.com/me/lesson/2531



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# File 'lib/programming_ipsum/inflector.rb', line 71

def agreement_verb(word)
  if word =~ /(ss|sh|ch|x|o|z)$/
    word + 'es'
  elsif word =~ /[^aeiou]y$/
    word[0..-2] + 'ies'
  else
    word + 's'
  end
end

#gerund_verb(word) ⇒ Object

no way to check syllables in ruby, so this has some issues.



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# File 'lib/programming_ipsum/inflector.rb', line 42

def gerund_verb(word)
  if word =~ /[^oey]e$/
    word[0..-2] + 'ing'
  elsif word[-1] == 'c'
    word + 'king'
  elsif word =~ /[^aeiou][aeiou][^aeiouxw]$/
    word + word[-1] + 'ing'
  else
    word + 'ing'
  end
end

#past_verb(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/programming_ipsum/inflector.rb', line 54

def past_verb(word)
  if word[-1] == 'e'
    word + 'd'
  elsif word[-1] == 'c'
    word + 'ked'
  elsif word =~ /[aeiou][aeiou][^aeiou]$/
    word + 'ed'
  elsif word =~ /[aeiou]([^aeiou])$/
    word + $1 + "ed"
  elsif word =~ /[aeiou]l$/
    word + 'led'
  else
    word + 'ed'
  end
end