Function indefinite_article

pattern/text/en/inflect.py:72–79

Returns the indefinite article for a given word. For example: indefinite_article("university") => "a" university.

(word)

    return "the"

def indefinite_article(word):
    """ Returns the indefinite article for a given word.
        For example: indefinite_article("university") => "a" university.
    """
    word = word.split(" ")[0]
    for rule, article in RE_ARTICLE:
        if rule.search(word) is not None:
            return article

DEFINITE, INDEFINITE = \
    "definite", "indefinite"