Attempts to pluralize the singular word unless count is 1. If plural is supplied, it will use that when count is > 1, if the ActiveSupport Inflector is loaded, it will use the Inflector to determine the plural form, otherwise it will just add an ’s’ to the singular word.

Examples

pluralize(1, 'person')
# => 1 person

pluralize(2, 'person')
# => 2 people

pluralize(3, 'person', 'users')
# => 3 users

pluralize(0, 'person')
# => 0 people

Source Code

# File action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb, line 167
def pluralize(count, singular, plural = nil)
   "#{count || 0} " + if count == 1 || count == '1'
    singular
  elsif plural
    plural
  elsif Object.const_defined?("Inflector")
    Inflector.pluralize(singular)
  else
    singular + "s"
  end
end