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diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst index fbe763b3f2..9ae04d718d 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/regex.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/regex.rst @@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ keep track of the group numbers. There are two features which help with this problem. Both of them use a common syntax for regular expression extensions, so we'll look at that first. -Perl 5 is well-known for its powerful additions to standard regular expressions. +Perl 5 is well known for its powerful additions to standard regular expressions. For these new features the Perl developers couldn't choose new single-keystroke metacharacters or new special sequences beginning with ``\`` without making Perl's regular expressions confusingly different from standard REs. If they chose ``&`` as a |