Reply To: GREP to Standardize "e.g.," and "i.e.,"

Matt Isaac

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April 25, 2016 at 1:31 pm #84281
Matt Isaac
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In GREP a vertical bar (shift+\) | is used to represent OR.
so if you wanted exactly “eg. OR eg., OR eg OR e.g.” you could use [eg.|eg.,|eg|e.g.] and replace with e.g.,
though the expression e\.?g\.?\,? replace with e.g., would also work.

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