BUG: Bible Searches for 'child' don't include 'children' with 'Match all forms' selected

Usually when you use 'Match all forms' in a search, it includes the plural form of the word in the results. However, when I search for the word 'child' in the Bible with 'Match all forms' selected, it doesn't include the plural form 'children', although it does include the possessive form 'child's'.

Conversely, a search for 'children' doesn't include 'child' but does include 'children's'. Can these terms be merged so that they're considered multiple forms of the same word?

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MJ. Smith

What is happening is that a parsing routine is used to identify related words. child/children is irregular and therefore not identified by the parsing routine. The feature is working as advertised. As to whether the parser used allow overrides for irregular forms, I don't know.

Kiyah

What is happening is that a parsing routine is used to identify related words. child/children is irregular and therefore not identified by the parsing routine. The feature is working as advertised. As to whether the parser used allow overrides for irregular forms, I don't know.

Looks like you're right. 'Wolf' and 'wolves' have the same problem. Bummer. English is fairly irregular so there are going to be a lot of instances like this. But I really notice it with the word 'child' since for some reason I search for that one more frequently.