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Old 05-17-2009, 05:51 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by pepak View Post
My regexp does that, except in the case when the apostrophed word appears before the actual opening quote. (That is, it will work fine if 'em is inside quotes and will work fine if there are no quotes after 'em).
What if it comes after a word like o' or callin' ?

I know it looks like I'm just trying to find the most difficult case, but I have actually found this in some of the Wodehouse books I've made, so it's a real case.
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