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pluralize

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pluralize(word) public

Returns the plural form of the word in the string.

Examples:

  "post".pluralize             # => "posts"
  "octopus".pluralize          # => "octopi"
  "sheep".pluralize            # => "sheep"
  "words".pluralize            # => "words"
  "the blue mailman".pluralize # => "the blue mailmen"
  "CamelOctopus".pluralize     # => "CamelOctopi"

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb, line 139
    def pluralize(word)
      result = word.to_s.dup

      if word.empty? || inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase)
        result
      else
        inflections.plurals.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
        result
      end
    end

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