Converting plural to singular in a text file with Python

Question

I have txt files that look like this:

word, 23
Words, 2
test, 1
tests, 4

And I want them to look like this:

word, 23
word,          


        

Answer 1

The Nodebox English Linguistics library contains scripts for converting plural form to single form and vice versa. Checkout tutorial: https://www.nodebox.net/code/index.php/Linguistics#pluralization

To convert plural to single just import singular module and use singular() function. It handles proper conversions for words with different endings, irregular forms, etc.

from en import singular
print(singular('analyses'))   
print(singular('planetoids'))
print(singular('children'))
>>> analysis
>>> planetoid
>>> child