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+**[ [[cqp:introduction|Collection: Introduction to CQP]] ]**
+===== Querying with Repetition Operators – Solutions =====
+==== Exercise 1: Prefixation ====
+''%%[hw="post-.+" & pos="AJ."]%%'' (3895 matches in the BNC, 118 matches in the BNC-BABY)
+==== Exercise 2: Prefix- and Suffixation ====
+''%%[hw="in.+ible"]%%'' (250 matches in the BNC-BABY)
+==== Exercise 3: Matching different word forms ====
+Note that these are not the only possible solutions.
+.
+''%%[word="snowed|snowing" %c]%%'' (11 matches in the BNC-BABY)
+''%%[word="snow(ed|ing)" %c]%%'' (11 matches in the BNC-BABY)
+.
+''%%[word="s[nl]ow" %c]%%'' (343 matches in the BNC-BABY)
+''%%[word="snow|slow" %c]%%'' (343 matches in the BNC-BABY)
+==== Exercise 4: Collocation ====
+For longer queries with optional empty slots in between, you can run the risk of matching punctuation in the empty slot. To avoid this, ''within s'' is appended at the end of the query to specify that the match must occur **within** a sentence.
+Query for //change//:
+''%%[hw="change"][]{,2}[class="SUBST"] within s %%''  (1170 matches in the BNC-BABY)
+First ten entries of the frequency list for //change//:
+	mind
+	time
+	way
+	policy
+	subject
+	attitude
+	direction
+	hand
+	nappy
+	agent
+	condition
+Query for //alter//:  ''%%[hw="alter"][]{,2}[class="SUBST"] within s%%'' (78 matches in the BNC-BABY)
+First ten entries of the frequency list for //alter//:
+	behaviour
+	context
+	child
+	environment
+	view
+	arrival
+	bath
+	bunny
+	cabinet
+	chain
+	chemistry
+	christening
+	clock
+==== More practice? ====
+Continue here: [[cqp:practice-working-with-concordances|6c. Working with Concordances]]