public bool IsPastTense(string input)
{
/* special case were to avoid complications. The past of be is was OR were
* and handling two types gets complicated so we special case it here */
if (input == "were" || input == "was")
{
return(true);
}
if (verbsData.past_base.ContainsKey(input) || verbsData.pastpart_base.ContainsKey(input))
{
return(true);
}
else
{
string verb = conjugator.InputToBase(input);
string past = conjugator.ComposePast(verb);
if (past == input)
{
return(true);
}
else
{
past = conjugator.ComposePastpart(verb);
if (past == input)
{
return(true);
}
}
}
return(false);
}
// something is transitive if it is not in the intransitive list
public bool IsTransitive(string input)
{
string verb = conjugator.InputToBase(input);
return(!verbsData.intransitive.ContainsKey(verb));
}
