strutils.plural does not handle acronyms correctly

[mhucka]

If the word to be pluralized is an acronym like "DOI", then plural will match case and produce "DOIS", which is not the desired result in many (most?) cases. A better result would be "DOIs", to match its use in sentences such as "There are a total of 53 DOIs associated with this journal".

I realize acronyms are especially challenging, because it's basically impossible for plural to recognize every conceivable acronym. Perhaps a better solution would be to have some kind of option or override on the case-matching part of the code, such that the user could say "don't match case".

[mahmoud]

Good point, I'd take a PR for that if you want to take a swing at it. :)

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On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 6:27 PM Mike Hucka ***@***.***> wrote: If the word to be pluralized is an acronym like "DOI", then plural will match case and produce "DOIS", which is not the desired result in many (most?) cases. A better result would be "DOIs", to match its use in sentences such as "There are a total of 53 DOIs associated with this journal". I realize this is a difficult case, because it's basically impossible for plural to recognize every conceivable acronym. Perhaps a better solution would be to have some kind of option or override on the case-matching part of the code, such that the user could say "don't match case". — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#291>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAA7ZEMVKXI7RM3ZPWOJHXLT3CJOPANCNFSM5BP7USVA> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&utm_campaign=notification-email> .