apply_inflections

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb, line 310
    def apply_inflections(word, rules)
      result = word.to_s.dup

      if word.empty? || inflections.uncountables.any? { |inflection| result =~ /\b#{inflection}\Z/ }
        result
      else
        rules.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
        result
      end
    end