diff --git a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
index fbe851f..28ecf52 100644
--- a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
@@ -39,26 +39,31 @@
  */		
 function singular($str)
 {
-	$str = strtolower(trim($str));
-	$end = substr($str, -3);
-	
-	if ($end == 'ies')
-	{
-		$str = substr($str, 0, strlen($str)-3).'y';
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		$end = substr($str, -1);
-		
-		if ($end == 's')
-		{
-			$str = substr($str, 0, strlen($str)-1);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	return $str;
+    $str = strtolower(trim($str));
+    $end = substr($str, -3);
+    
+    if ($end == 'ies')
+    {
+        $str = substr($str, 0, strlen($str)-3).'y';
+    }
+    elseif ($end == 'ses')
+    {
+        $str = substr($str, 0, strlen($str)-2);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        $end = substr($str, -1);
+        
+        if ($end == 's')
+        {
+            $str = substr($str, 0, strlen($str)-1);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return $str;
 }
 
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
@@ -68,25 +73,34 @@
  *
  * @access	public
  * @param	string
+ * @param	bool
  * @return	str
  */		
-function plural($str)
+function plural($str, $force = FALSE)
 {
-	$str = strtolower(trim($str));
-	$end = substr($str, -1);
+    $str = strtolower(trim($str));
+    $end = substr($str, -1);
 
-	if ($end == 'y')
-	{
-		$str = substr($str, 0, strlen($str)-1).'ies';
-	}
-	elseif ($end != 's')
-	{
-		$str .= 's';
-	}
+    if ($end == 'y')
+    {
+        $str = substr($str, 0, strlen($str)-1).'ies';
+    }
+    elseif ($end == 's')
+    {
+        if ($force == TRUE)
+        {
+            $str .= 'es';
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        $str .= 's';
+    }
 
-	return $str;	
+    return $str;
 }
 
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index c8ad1a9..5435864 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 	<li>Added array to string into the profiler </li>
 	<li>Added some additional mime types in application/config/mimes.php</li>
 	<li>Added filename_security() method to Input library</li>
+	<li>Added some additional arguements to the <a href="./helpers/inflector_helper.html">Inflection helper</a> singular() to compensate for words ending in "s".  Also added a force parameter to pluralize()</li>
 	<li>Fixed MSSQL insert_id().</li>
 	<li>Fixed a logic error in the DB trans_status() function.  It was incorrectly returning TRUE on failure and FALSE on success.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug that was allowing multiple load attempts on extended classes.</li>
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
     <li>Fixed a bug in router that was ignoring the scaffolding route for optimization </li>
 	<li>Fixed an IP validation bug.</li>
 	<li>Fixed various doc typos. </li>
-	<li>Docs now validate to XHTML 1 transitional </li>
+	<li>Docs now validate to XHTML 1 transitional</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug where one could unset certain PHP superglobals by setting them via GET or POST data</li>
     <li>Updated the XSS Filtering to take into account the IE expression() ability and improved certain deletions to prevent possible exploits</li>
     <li>Modified the Router so that when Query Strings are Enabled, the controller trigger and function trigger values are sanitized for filename include security.</li>
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/inflector_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/inflector_helper.html
index 2a4ee55..91de2e2 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/inflector_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/inflector_helper.html
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@
 </code>
 
 
-<h2>camelize()</h2>
+<p>To force a word to end with &quot;es&quot; use a second &quot;true&quot; argument. </p>
+<code> $word = &quot;pass&quot;;<br />
+echo plural($word); // Returns &quot;passes&quot; </code>
 
+<h2>camelize()</h2>
 <p>Changes a string of words separated by spaces or underscores to camel case.  Example:</p>
 
 <code>