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@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ The meta characters are as follows:
 ## 2.1 Full stop
 
 Full stop `.` is the simplest example of meta character. The meta character `.` matches any single character. It will not match return 
-or new line characters. For example, the regular expression `.ar` means: any character, followed by the letter `a`, followed by the 
+or newline characters. For example, the regular expression `.ar` means: any character, followed by the letter `a`, followed by the 
 letter `r`.
 
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@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ or lowercase character `c`, followed by lowercase character `a`, followed by low
 
 Backslash `\` is used in regular expression to escape the next character. This allows to to specify a symbol as a matching character 
 including reserved characters `{ } [ ] / \ + * . $ ^ | ?`. To use a special character as a matching character prepend `\` before it. 
-For example, the regular expression `.` is used to match any character except new line. Now to match `.` in an input string the regular
+For example, the regular expression `.` is used to match any character except newline. Now to match `.` in an input string the regular
 expression `(f|c|m)at\.?` means: lowercase letter `f`, `c` or `m`, followed by lowercase character `a`, followed by lowercase letter 
 `t`, followed by optional `.` character.