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# Rule that checks the use of 'a' vs. 'an' (English only)
# (c) 2003,2004 Daniel Naber <daniel.naber@t-online.de>
#
#$rcs = ' $Id$ ' ;
#
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# Lesser General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
import os
import sys
import Rules
import Tools
class enAvsAnRule(Rules.Rule):
"""Check if the determiner (if any) before a word is:
-'an' if the next word starts with a vowel
-'a' if the next word does not start with a vowel
This rule knows about some exceptions (e.g. 'an hour')."""
requires_a_file = os.path.join("data", "det_a.txt")
requires_an_file = os.path.join("data", "det_an.txt")
def __init__(self):
Rules.Rule.__init__(self, "DET", "Use of 'a' vs. use of 'an'.", 0, None)
self.requires_a = self.loadWords(self.requires_a_file)
self.requires_an = self.loadWords(self.requires_an_file)
return
def loadWords(self, filename):
f = open(filename)
l = []
while 1:
line = f.readline()
if not line:
break
if line.startswith("#") or line.strip() == '':
continue
l.append(line.strip().lower())
f.close()
return l
def match(self, tagged_words, chunks, position_fix=0, line_fix=0, column_fix=0):
matches = []
text_length = 0
line_breaks = 0
column = 0
i = 0
while 1:
if i >= len(tagged_words)-2:
break
org_word = tagged_words[i][0]
org_word_next = tagged_words[i+2][0]
line_breaks_cur = Tools.Tools.countLinebreaks(org_word)
if line_breaks_cur > 0:
column = 0
line_breaks = line_breaks + line_breaks_cur
if org_word.lower() == 'a':
err = 0
if org_word_next.lower() in self.requires_an:
err = 1
elif len(org_word_next) > 0 and org_word_next[0].lower() in ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u') and \
not org_word_next.lower() in self.requires_a:
err = 1
if err:
matches.append(Rules.RuleMatch(self.rule_id,
text_length+position_fix, text_length+len(org_word)+position_fix,
line_breaks+line_fix, column+column_fix,
"<message>Use <em>an</em> instead of <em>a</em> if the following "+
"word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', "+
"'an hour'</message>", org_word))
elif org_word.lower() == 'an':
err = 0
if org_word_next.lower() in self.requires_a:
err = 1
elif len(org_word_next) > 0 and \
(not org_word_next[0].lower() in ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u')) and \
not org_word_next.lower() in self.requires_an:
err = 1
if err:
matches.append(Rules.RuleMatch(self.rule_id,
text_length+position_fix,
text_length+len(org_word)+position_fix,
line_breaks+line_fix, column+column_fix,
"<message>Use <em>a</em> instead of <em>an</em> if the following "+
"word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a test', "+
"'a university'</message>", org_word))
pass
if line_breaks_cur == 0:
column = column + len(org_word)
text_length = text_length + len(org_word)
i = i + 1
return matches
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