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-local function pluralize(str)
+local function makePlural(str)
 	local sp = specialPlurals[str]
 	if sp then
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 	end
 	return str .. "s"
+end
+local function makeSingular(str)
+	local special
+	for k, v in pairs(specialPlurals) do
+		if v == str then
+			special = k
+			break
+		end
+	end
+	if special then
+		return special
+	end
+	if str:sub(-3) == "ies" then
+		return str:sub(1, -4) .. "y"
+	end
+	return str:sub(1, -2)
 end
 local function processElement(str)
+	local modified = str
 	if makeElementsPlural then
-		local plural = pluralize(str)
+		modified = makePlural(str)
-		if makeElementsLinks then
+	elseif makeElementsSingular then
-			return "[[" .. str .. "|" .. plural .. "]]"
+		modified = makeSingular(str)
-		else
+	end
-			return plural
+	if makeElementsLinks then
-		end
+		return "[[" .. str .. "|" .. modified .. "]]"
 	else
-		if makeElementsLinks then
+		return modified
-			return "[[" .. str .. "]]"
-		else
-			return str
-		end
 	end
 end
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 	listDelimiters = args['delimiter'] or ","
 	makeElementsLinks = args['makeLinks']
-	makeElementsPlural = args['pluralize'] or args['makePlural']
+	makeElementsPlural = args['makePlural']
 	makeElementsSingular = args['makeSingular']
-	finalJoiningWord = args['joinWord'] or args['joiningWord'] or "and"
+	finalJoiningWord = args['joinWord'] or "and"
 	local type = args['type'] or 'sentence'