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< ul class = "crumbs" > < li > < a href = "../webs.html" > Source< / a > < / li > < li > < a href = "../compiler.html" > Compiler Modules< / a > < / li > < li > < a href = "index.html" > inflections< / a > < / li > < li > < a href = "index.html#3" > Chapter 3: Grammatical Uses of Inflection< / a > < / li > < li > < b > Article Inflection< / b > < / li > < / ul > < p class = "purpose" > To inflect "a" into "an", and so forth.< / p >
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< ul class = "toc" > < li > < a href = "#SP1" > § 1. The indefinite article trie< / a > < / li > < / ul > < hr class = "tocbar" >
< p class = "inwebparagraph" > < 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
get "a UNESCO document" (and not "an UNESCO document": these things are much
trickier than they look).
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< span class = "identifier" > match_avinue< / span > < span class = "plain" > *< / span > < span class = "identifier" > indef_trie< / span > < span class = "plain" > = < / span > < span class = "identifier" > NULL< / span > < span class = "plain" > ;< / span >
< span class = "reserved" > void< / span > < span class = "plain" > < / span > < span class = "functiontext" > ArticleInflection::preface_by_article< / span > < span class = "plain" > (< / span > < span class = "identifier" > OUTPUT_STREAM< / span > < span class = "plain" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier" > text_stream< / span > < span class = "plain" > *< / span > < span class = "identifier" > initial_text< / span > < span class = "plain" > ,< / span >
< span class = "identifier" > PREFORM_LANGUAGE_TYPE< / span > < span class = "plain" > *< / span > < span class = "identifier" > nl< / span > < span class = "plain" > ) {< / span >
< span class = "reserved" > if< / span > < span class = "plain" > (< / span > < span class = "identifier" > indef_trie< / span > < span class = "plain" > == < / span > < span class = "identifier" > NULL< / span > < span class = "plain" > )< / span >
< span class = "identifier" > indef_trie< / span > < span class = "plain" > =< / span >
< span class = "functiontext" > Preform::Nonparsing::define_trie< / span > < span class = "plain" > (< / span >
< span class = "plain" > < < / span > < span class = "identifier" > singular< / span > < span class = "plain" > -< / span > < span class = "identifier" > noun< / span > < span class = "plain" > -< / span > < span class = "identifier" > to< / span > < span class = "plain" > -< / span > < span class = "identifier" > its< / span > < span class = "plain" > -< / span > < span class = "identifier" > indefinite< / span > < span class = "plain" > -< / span > < span class = "identifier" > article< / span > < span class = "plain" > > , < / span > < span class = "identifier" > TRIE_START< / span > < span class = "plain" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier" > NULL< / span > < span class = "plain" > );< / span >
< span class = "identifier" > wchar_t< / span > < span class = "plain" > *< / span > < span class = "identifier" > result< / span > < span class = "plain" > = < / span > < span class = "identifier" > Tries::search_avinue< / span > < span class = "plain" > (< / span > < span class = "identifier" > indef_trie< / span > < span class = "plain" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier" > initial_text< / span > < span class = "plain" > );< / span >
< span class = "reserved" > if< / span > < span class = "plain" > (< / span > < span class = "identifier" > result< / span > < span class = "plain" > == < / span > < span class = "identifier" > NULL< / span > < span class = "plain" > ) < / span > < span class = "identifier" > result< / span > < span class = "plain" > = < / span > < span class = "identifier" > L< / span > < span class = "string" > "a"< / span > < span class = "plain" > ;< / span >
< span class = "identifier" > WRITE< / span > < span class = "plain" > (< / span > < span class = "string" > "%w %S"< / span > < span class = "plain" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier" > result< / span > < span class = "plain" > , < / span > < span class = "identifier" > initial_text< / span > < span class = "plain" > );< / span >
< span class = "plain" > }< / span >
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< p class = "endnote" > The function ArticleInflection::preface_by_article appears nowhere else.< / p >
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< ul class = "toc" > < li > < i > (This section begins Chapter 3: Grammatical Uses of Inflection.)< / i > < / li > < li > < a href = "3-dcl.html" > Continue with 'Declensions'< / a > < / li > < / ul > < hr class = "tocbar" >
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