diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3af2fb..028be8f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "3.8.5",
+  "version": "3.8.6",
   "author": "lingdocs.com",
   "description": "A Pashto inflection and verb conjugation engine, inculding React components for displaying Pashto text, inflections, and conjugations",
   "homepage": "https://verbs.lingdocs.com",
diff --git a/src/lib/phrase-building/render-np.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-np.ts
index 2571db5..cb181d6 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/render-np.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-np.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function renderNPSelection(NP: T.NPSelection, inflected: boolean, inflect
 
 export function renderNounSelection(n: T.NounSelection, inflected: boolean, role: "servant" | "king" | "none", noArticles?: true | "noArticles", isPuSandwich?: boolean): T.Rendered<T.NounSelection> {
     const english = getEnglishFromNoun(n.entry, n.number, noArticles);
-    const nounInflects = !(isPuSandwich && isPattern1Entry(n.entry) && n.number === "singular")
+    const nounInflects = inflected && !(isPuSandwich && isPattern1Entry(n.entry) && n.number === "singular");
     const pashto = ((): T.PsString[] => {
         const infs = inflectWord(n.entry);
         const ps = n.number === "singular"
diff --git a/src/lib/phrase-building/render-vp.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-vp.ts
index 55a2750..a9c7347 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/render-vp.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-vp.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ export function renderVP(VP: T.VPSelectionComplete): T.VPRendered {
     }
     const subjectPerson = getPersonFromNP(subject);
     const objectPerson = getPersonFromNP(object);
-    // TODO: also don't inflect if it's a pattern one animate noun
     const inflectSubject = isPast && isTransitive && !isMascSingAnimatePattern4(subject);
     const inflectObject = !isPast && isFirstOrSecondPersPronoun(object);
     // Render Elements