# File lib/glue/inflector.rb, line 74
    def singular_rules #:doc:
      [
          [/(x|ch|ss)es$/, '\1'],
          [/([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$/, '\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