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 Both //speakes// (with the silent <e>) and //speaks// occur in Early Modern English, and should be included in the query. This can be expressed with the help of the vertical bar thus: Both //speakes// (with the silent <e>) and //speaks// occur in Early Modern English, and should be included in the query. This can be expressed with the help of the vertical bar thus:
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 ''[word="speakes"]|[word="speaks"]'' ''[word="speakes"]|[word="speaks"]''
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 We can further simplify the queries by using another regular expression, the question mark ''?'', which indicates that the element directly preceding it is optional. With this symbol, there is no need to add the second pair of brackets - the query can be simplified thus: We can further simplify the queries by using another regular expression, the question mark ''?'', which indicates that the element directly preceding it is optional. With this symbol, there is no need to add the second pair of brackets - the query can be simplified thus:
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 ''[word="speake?s"]'' ''[word="speake?s"]''
 ''[word="speake?th"]'' ''[word="speake?th"]''
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