How to replace the past word with the current word

Question

What commands should I use when replacing a past word with a present word?

got, gotten, (getting) -> get

go, went (going)->go

thought -> think

bought -> buy

I want to replace it with the current word in this way.

I would appreciate your advice on my code.

library(tm)
library(XML)
crudeCorp<-VCorpus(VectorSource(readLines(file.choose())))
crudeCorp <- tm_map(crudeCorp, stripWhitespace)

I knew that the following command would change the past verb into the present form. However, after I entered this command, I looked at it. There is still a past word.

crudeCorp <- tm_map(crudeCorp, stemDocument)

No one can run your code be as no input was supplied and the expected output is not clear. — G. Grothendieck, Aug 17 '17 at 12:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '17 at 11:57

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I think you need to stem words :

docs <- tm_map(crudeCorp , PlainTextDocument) 
    tm_map(docs, stemDocument, "english")

answered Aug 17 '17 at 11:57

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I am really sorry that I forgot to mention the example of the question. How do you handle words about "think", "buy"? – jiji Aug 17 '17 at 12:08

How to replace the past word with the current word

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