Function step_5b

pattern/vector/stemmer.py:242–248

Step 5b strips suffix -l if preceded by l and multiple vowel-consonant pairs, bell => bell, rebell => rebel.

(w)

    return w
    
def step_5b(w):
    """ Step 5b strips suffix -l if preceded by l and multiple vowel-consonant pairs,
        bell => bell, rebell => rebel.
    """
    if w.endswith("ll") and R2(w).endswith("l"):
        return w[:-1]
    return w

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