static String addPrefixIfNotAlreadyThere(final String noun,final String prefixSingular,final String prefixPlural){
  if (noun.startsWith(prefixSingular)) {
    return noun;
  }
 else   if (noun.startsWith(prefixPlural)) {
    return noun;
  }
 else {
    return prefixSingular + noun;
  }
}

static String addPrefixIfNotAlreadyThere ( final String noun , final String prefixSingular , final String prefixPlural ) { if ( noun . startsWith ( prefixSingular ) ) { return noun ; } else if ( noun . startsWith ( prefixPlural ) ) { return noun ; } else { return prefixSingular + noun ; } }
adds a prefix unless it was already added .
