Re: Matching a sequence of anything

[Robin D. <rd...@ip...>]

Thanks Ruud, the skip="-1" worked perfectly :)

Robin.


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:32 PM, R.J. Baars <r.j...@xs...> wrote:

> You could look at the skip-statement in the wiki; that shows stuff like
> this.
>
> Ruud
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to write a rule that identifies missing question marks in
> > interrogative sentences which start with a verb e.g. Is, Are, Should,
> > Could, Can etc...
> >
> > Is a paperless office really possible? <-- correct
> > Is a paperless office really possible <-- incorrect
> > Is a paperless office really possible. <-- incorrect
> >
> > Below is my attempt at writing the rule, but it does not work.
> >
> > <pattern>
> >
> > <token postag="SENT_START"/>
> >
> > <token postag="VBZ"/><!-- Sentence that starts with a verb -->
> >
> > <token regexp="yes">[\s\S]*</token>--><!-- match any string i.e. any
> > sequence of words -->
> >
> > <token negate="yes">?</token><!-- detect if sentence does not end with a
> > question mark -->
> >
> > <token postag="SENT_END"/>
> >
> > </pattern>
> > I'm guessing there is something wrong with the third token i.e. where I
> am
> > attempting to match any sequence of words.
> >
> > Any advice on how to get this working would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Robin.
> >
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