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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+require 'English'
+
+describe "English" do
+  it "aliases $ERROR_INFO to $!" do
+    begin
+      raise "error"
+    rescue
+      $ERROR_INFO.should_not be_nil
+      $ERROR_INFO.should == $!
+    end
+    $ERROR_INFO.should be_nil
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $ERROR_POSITION to $@" do
+    begin
+      raise "error"
+    rescue
+      $ERROR_POSITION.should_not be_nil
+      $ERROR_POSITION.should == $@
+    end
+    $ERROR_POSITION.should be_nil
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $FS to $;" do
+    original = $;
+    $; = ","
+    $FS.should_not be_nil
+    $FS.should == $;
+    $; = original
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $FIELD_SEPARATOR to $;" do
+    original = $;
+    $; = ","
+    $FIELD_SEPARATOR.should_not be_nil
+    $FIELD_SEPARATOR.should == $;
+    $; = original
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $OFS to $," do
+    original = $,
+    $, = "|"
+    $OFS.should_not be_nil
+    $OFS.should == $,
+    $, = original
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR to $," do
+    original = $,
+    $, = "|"
+    $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR.should_not be_nil
+    $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR.should == $,
+    $, = original
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $RS to $/" do
+    $RS.should_not be_nil
+    $RS.should == $/
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR to $/" do
+    $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should_not be_nil
+    $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should == $/
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $ORS to $\\" do
+    original = $\
+    $\ = "\t"
+    $ORS.should_not be_nil
+    $ORS.should == $\
+    $\ = original
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR to $\\" do
+    original = $\
+    $\ = "\t"
+    $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should_not be_nil
+    $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR.should == $\
+    $\ = original
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER to $." do
+    $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER.should_not be_nil
+    $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER.should == $.
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $NR to $." do
+    $NR.should_not be_nil
+    $NR.should == $.
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $LAST_READ_LINE to $_ needs to be reviewed for spec completeness"
+
+  it "aliases $DEFAULT_OUTPUT to $>" do
+    $DEFAULT_OUTPUT.should_not be_nil
+    $DEFAULT_OUTPUT.should == $>
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $DEFAULT_INPUT to $<" do
+    $DEFAULT_INPUT.should_not be_nil
+    $DEFAULT_INPUT.should == $<
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $PID to $$" do
+    $PID.should_not be_nil
+    $PID.should == $$
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $PID to $$" do
+    $PID.should_not be_nil
+    $PID.should == $$
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $PROCESS_ID to $$" do
+    $PROCESS_ID.should_not be_nil
+    $PROCESS_ID.should == $$
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $CHILD_STATUS to $?" do
+    ruby_exe('exit 0')
+    $CHILD_STATUS.should_not be_nil
+    $CHILD_STATUS.should == $?
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $LAST_MATCH_INFO to $~" do
+    /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
+    $LAST_MATCH_INFO.should_not be_nil
+    $LAST_MATCH_INFO.should == $~
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $IGNORECASE to $=" do
+    $VERBOSE, verbose = nil, $VERBOSE
+    begin
+      $IGNORECASE.should_not be_nil
+      $IGNORECASE.should == $=
+    ensure
+      $VERBOSE = verbose
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $ARGV to $*" do
+    $ARGV.should_not be_nil
+    $ARGV.should == $*
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $MATCH to $&" do
+    /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
+    $MATCH.should_not be_nil
+    $MATCH.should == $&
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $PREMATCH to $`" do
+    /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
+    $PREMATCH.should_not be_nil
+    $PREMATCH.should == $`
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $POSTMATCH to $'" do
+    /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
+    $POSTMATCH.should_not be_nil
+    $POSTMATCH.should == $'
+  end
+
+  it "aliases $LAST_PAREN_MATCH to $+" do
+    /c(a)t/ =~ "cat"
+    $LAST_PAREN_MATCH.should_not be_nil
+    $LAST_PAREN_MATCH.should == $+
+  end
+end