An inflector can be used to convert a noun back and forth from its singular and plural forms. This is useful when generating natural language, as the plural versions of nouns might not be obvious:
let inflector = new natural.NounInflector();
console.log(inflector.pluralize('virus'));
console.log(inflector.singularize('octopi'));The preceding code will output viri and octopus, respectively.
Inflectors may also be used to transform numbers into their ordinal forms; for example, 1 becomes 1st, 2 becomes 2nd, and so on:
let inflector = natural.CountInflector; console.log(inflector.nth(25)); console.log(inflector.nth(42)); console.log(inflector.nth(111));
This outputs 25th, 42nd, and 111th, respectively.
Here's an example of the inflector used in a simple bot command:
let inflector = natural.CountInflector;
bot.respondTo('what day is it', (message, channel) => {
let date = new Date();
// use the ECMAScript Internationalization API to convert
// month numbers into names
let...