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ElMiko · 10-20-2025, 12:27 AM

I'm trying to find all instance of the word "dreadful" when it is in close prximity to a quotation mark (i.e. all instances of the word dreadful when it is in dialogue).

Unfortunately, I can't seem to make heads or tails of the tutorial, which seems to indicate multiple ways to express the same search... none of which work.

I've tried:

Code:

... MATCH NEAR '("“" "dreadful", 25)'
... MATCH NEAR '("“" "dreadful")'
:= NEAR ("“" "dreadful",25)
:= NEAR ( "“" "dreadful")
= NEAR ("“" "dreadful",25)
= NEAR ( "“" "dreadful")

among others...

What am I doing wrong?

10-20-2025, 12:27 AM	#1
ElMiko Fanatic Posts: 511 Karma: 65460 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Full-text Query Syntax question I'm trying to find all instance of the word "dreadful" when it is in close prximity to a quotation mark (i.e. all instances of the word dreadful when it is in dialogue). Unfortunately, I can't seem to make heads or tails of the tutorial, which seems to indicate multiple ways to express the same search... none of which work. I've tried: Code: ... MATCH NEAR '("“" "dreadful", 25)' ... MATCH NEAR '("“" "dreadful")' := NEAR ("“" "dreadful",25) := NEAR ( "“" "dreadful") = NEAR ("“" "dreadful",25) = NEAR ( "“" "dreadful") among others... What am I doing wrong?