ActiveSupport Inflection library for Past Tense in Ruby?

Question

Is there a past tense library for ruby, to convert words into the past tense?

Answer 1

Check out the 'verbs' ruby gem ( github | rubygems | documentation ).

Type this in the command-line:

gem install verbs

Add this to your gemfile:

gem "verbs", "~> 2.1.0"

And make sure to restart your rails server and exit your rails console before implementing.

Answer 2

Past tense of English verbs is a lot more complicated than pluralization. You'll need a lingustic analysis engine and a corresponding database (due to the irregularity of the English language). If you're interested in pursuing this further, you can look at Ruby-WordNet which uses the WordNet lexical database.