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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile index ecc25c4f1c..c04e49281e 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile @@ -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> |