# File lib/facet/string/inflect.rb, line 51
    def singular_rules #:doc:
      [
        [/(x|ch|ss)es$/, '\1'],
        [/movies$/, 'movie'],
        [/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/, '\1y'],
        [/([lr])ves$/, '\1f'],
        [/([^f])ves$/, '\1fe'],
        [/(analy|ba|diagno|parenthe|progno|synop|the)ses$/, '\1sis'],
        [/([ti])a$/, '\1um'],
        [/people$/, 'person'],
        [/men$/, 'man'],
        [/status$/, 'status'],
        [/children$/, 'child'],
        [/s$/, '']
      ]
    end