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Hello,

Here are the settings my form uses
<apicp defaults "">
<$minsuflst = "s" "es" "'s" "'">
<apicp suffix $minsuflst>
<apicp minwordlen 4>

Now when I do a LIKEP search using

"car" I get hits on "care"

"parts" returns hits on "party" "parties"

"part" returns hits on "party" "parties"

I really only wanted plural and possesive forms of a word, for example :

search for "car" should hit only car or cars
search for "parts" should hit only part or parts

What changes do I need to make ?

Thanks,

Rob

Some short english words cause some interesting linguistic processing issues.
The linguistic processor in texis is not quite as simple as minwordlen
and the suffix list might imply. You can find information about linguistic
processing in texis by looking at the manual. Here are pertinent sections:

General linguistic processing:
http://www.thunderstone.com/texisman/node363.html

Notes about minwordlen settings:
http://www.thunderstone.com/texisman/node371.html

Note that the queries given to LIKEP and LIKE are called "Metamorph" and
that's what the manual talks about.