when to use singular and plurals in such things as script/generate?

rubyonrails-core
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This is not really a question about when to use singular or plurals. But a question about changing the Usage files for such generators as model, resource, scaffold, etc.

I personally find it hard to figure out if I should give script/ generate a singluar or a plural. I know in the past (using Rails 1.2) I gave it the wrong one and had to back it out and redo it.

My question is should I open a trac with the Usage statements with a line added such as:

"Usually the model argument is singluar"

I know there are exceptions to this -- thats why I put "Usually".

Does anyone else have trouble with this? I'm happy to submit a patch if others think it would be useful.

Thanks, Perry

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I personally find it hard to figure out if I should give script/ generate a singluar or a plural. I know in the past (using Rails 1.2) I gave it the wrong one and had to back it out and redo it.

I can't think why you'd *want* to pass it a plural, unless you're thinking in a really 'table centric' manner. But yes, I can't really think of a valid reason why the documentation needs to emphasize the ability to use the plural form.