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"""False plurals.
---
layout: post
source: Garner's Modern American Usage
source_url: http://bit.ly/1T4alrY
title: False plurals.
date: 2014-06-10 12:31:19
categories: writing
---
Using the incorrect form of the plural.
"""
from proselint.tools import existence_check, memoize, preferred_forms_check
@memoize
def check(text):
"""Suggest the preferred forms."""
err = "misc.false_plurals.examples"
msg = "The plural is {}"
preferences = [
["talismans", ["talismen"]],
["phenomena", ["phenomenons"]],
]
return preferred_forms_check(text, preferences, err, msg)
@memoize
def check_kudos(text):
"""Check the text."""
err = "misc.false_plurals.kudos"
msg = "Kudos is singular."
return existence_check(text, ["many kudos"], err, msg)
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