were followup

"Rat's appear" -> "Rats appear"
Use makeplural rather than s_suffix.

diff --git a/src/mhitu.c b/src/mhitu.c
index d0b93cb3a1e3f32f5798d77a671631ce5fb5f7cb..b490c931b839a35c078d74be6d01c2340beff135 100644 (file)
--- a/src/mhitu.c
+++ b/src/mhitu.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ mattacku(mtmp)
                                                        an(mdat->mname));
                                else
                                        Sprintf(buf, "%s appear",
-                                                       s_suffix(mdat->mname));
+                                                       makeplural(mdat->mname));
                                pline("%s%s!", upstart(buf), from_nowhere);
                            }
                        } /* else no help came; but you didn't know it tried */