MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Inflections issue in my custom dictionary

3QVKwyNT9hR849t7 · 07-19-2018, 05:57 AM

> An inflection should not have a separate entry unless it also has a different meaning, IMO.

Great, I agree and am not arguing that as written in the OP.

>If you want to show both you would need to copy. Has nothing to do with stupid or not. The Kindle simply shows only main entry and uses inflections in cases it cannot find a main entry. Simple, avoids possible recursive nightmares.

Absolutely has to do with stupid. There absolutely is a ton of valid words, as the linked post from 2010 said, even the official oxford dictionary suffers from this.

If I am capable of working around it on dictionary level in about 25 lines of code I am sure Amazon is capable enough of implementing this on firmware level.

07-19-2018, 05:57 AM	#5
3QVKwyNT9hR849t7 Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 4000 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: PW4 32GB (G000 T607) 5.12.3	> An inflection should not have a separate entry unless it also has a different meaning, IMO. Great, I agree and am not arguing that as written in the OP. >If you want to show both you would need to copy. Has nothing to do with stupid or not. The Kindle simply shows only main entry and uses inflections in cases it cannot find a main entry. Simple, avoids possible recursive nightmares. Absolutely has to do with stupid. There absolutely is a ton of valid words, as the linked post from 2010 said, even the official oxford dictionary suffers from this. If I am capable of working around it on dictionary level in about 25 lines of code I am sure Amazon is capable enough of implementing this on firmware level. Last edited by 3QVKwyNT9hR849t7; 07-19-2018 at 03:59 PM.