//
/// <summary>
/// If 'h' is the second letter of the word, remove it (in certain cases!)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="word"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private string RemoveAspiration(string word)
{
string outWord = word;
List <string> aspirationList = keyword.GetStringList("inflection.aspiration");
foreach (string s in aspirationList)
{
if (word.StartsWith(s) && s.Length >= 2 && word.Length >= 3)
{
outWord = word.Substring(0, 1) + word.Substring(2, word.Length - 2);
}
}
return(outWord);
}
/// <summary>
/// Indicates if a word is one of a specific list of number that are not to be processed. These words will not be added to the output.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="word"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal bool IsExcluded(string word)
{
if (word.Length < 2)
{
return(true);
}
List <string> wordList = keyword.GetStringList("excluded.article");
wordList.AddRange(keyword.GetStringList("excluded.preposition"));
wordList.AddRange(keyword.GetStringList("excluded.interrogative"));
wordList.AddRange(keyword.GetStringList("excluded.miscellaneous"));
if (wordList.Contains(word.ToLower()))
{
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
