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@@ -1426,6 +1426,14 @@ The method +pluralize+ returns the plural of its receiver:
As the previous example shows, Active Support knows some irregular plurals and uncountable nouns. Built-in rules can be extended in +config/initializers/inflections.rb+. That file is generated by the +rails+ command and has instructions in comments.
++pluralize+ can also take an optional +count+ parameter. If <tt>count == 1</tt> the singular form will be returned. For any other value of +count+ the plural form will be returned:
+
+<ruby>
+"dude".pluralize(0) # => "dudes"
+"dude".pluralize(1) # => "dude"
+"dude".pluralize(2) # => "dudes"
+</ruby>
+
Active Record uses this method to compute the default table name that corresponds to a model:
<ruby>