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< p class = "purpose" > To inflect "a" into "an", and so forth.< / p >
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< ul class = "toc" > < li > < a href = "3-ai.html#SP1" > § 1. The indefinite article trie< / a > < / li > < / ul > < hr class = "tocbar" >
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< p class = "commentary firstcommentary" > < a id = "SP1" > < / a > < b > § 1. The indefinite article trie. < / b > Here we take text such as "UNESCO document" and put an article in front, to
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get "a UNESCO document" (and not "an UNESCO document": these things are much
trickier than they look).
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< span class = "identifier-syntax" > match_avinue< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > *< / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > indef_trie< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > = < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > NULL< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > ;< / span >
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< span class = "reserved-syntax" > void< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < span class = "function-syntax" > ArticleInflection::preface_by_article< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > (< / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > OUTPUT_STREAM< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > text_stream< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > *< / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > initial_text< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > ,< / span >
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< span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > NATURAL_LANGUAGE_WORDS_TYPE< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > *< / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > nl< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > ) {< / span >
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< span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < span class = "reserved-syntax" > if< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > (< / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > indef_trie< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > == < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > NULL< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > )< / span >
< span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > indef_trie< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > =< / span >
< span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < a href = "2-np.html#SP7" class = "function-link" > < span class = "function-syntax" > Preform::Nonparsing::define_trie< / span > < / a > < span class = "plain-syntax" > (< / span >
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< span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < span class = "function-syntax" > < singular-noun-to-its-indefinite-article> < / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > TRIE_START< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > NULL< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > );< / span >
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< span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > wchar_t< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > *< / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > result< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > = < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > Tries::search_avinue< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > (< / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > indef_trie< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > initial_text< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > );< / span >
< span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < span class = "reserved-syntax" > if< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > (< / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > result< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > == < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > NULL< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > ) < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > result< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > = < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > L< / span > < span class = "string-syntax" > "a"< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > ;< / span >
< span class = "plain-syntax" > < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > WRITE< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > (< / span > < span class = "string-syntax" > "%w %S"< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > result< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier-syntax" > initial_text< / span > < span class = "plain-syntax" > );< / span >
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