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cybmole · 01-11-2011, 08:02 AM

thanks - I looked up some syntax help & realised I'd not used ( ) which are needed for \1 \2 etc operations

i've now fixed most instances by doing replace all on the messed up common 3 & 4 letter words one at a time - like fil wil fel tel til tal, then all of the "l y " endings.

it made me think quite hard about how to define valid instances of ll and also made me appreciate the occasional inconsistency- like the example you gave, & also odd words like belief that break the double l after a vowel "rule"

01-11-2011, 08:02 AM	#3
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	thanks - I looked up some syntax help & realised I'd not used ( ) which are needed for \1 \2 etc operations i've now fixed most instances by doing replace all on the messed up common 3 & 4 letter words one at a time - like fil wil fel tel til tal, then all of the "l y " endings. it made me think quite hard about how to define valid instances of ll and also made me appreciate the occasional inconsistency- like the example you gave, & also odd words like belief that break the double l after a vowel "rule"