Should I use Singular or Plural name convention for REST resources?

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For me is better to have a schema that you can map directly to code (easy to automate), mainly because code is what is going to be at both ends. 

GET  /orders          <---> orders 
POST /orders          <---> orders.push(data)
GET  /orders/1        <---> orders[1]
PUT  /orders/1        <---> orders[1] = data
GET  /orders/1/lines  <---> orders[1].lines
POST /orders/1/lines  <---> orders[1].lines.push(data)

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