Method code for $english_lib.get_conjugation()

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arg spec, @plural;
var i, vb;

i = "/" in spec + "/";
if (plural && plural[1]) {
    if (i < spec.length())
        vb = spec.subrange(i + 1);
    else
        vb = ._verb_plural(spec);
} else if (i > 1) {
    vb = spec.subrange(1, i - 1);
} else {
    vb = ._verb_singular(spec.subrange(2));
}
if (strcmp("a", i == 1 ? spec[2] : spec) > 0)
    return vb.capitalize();
else
    return vb;

// $#Edited: 06 Jun 97 14:30 $brian

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["// Created 11-Nov-1996 as a part of ColdCore, see: @help Credit"]