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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. sentences = [""""'This has punctuation, and it's hard to remove. ?" """,
  4. 			 "Did you see Cress' haircut?.",
  5. 			 "This 'thing' hasn't a really bad habit, you know?.",
  6. 			 "'I bought this for $30 from Best Buy it's. What a waste of money! The ear gels are 'comfortable at first, but what's after an hour."]
  7.  
  8. for s in sentences:
  9. 	# Remove the specified characters
  10. 	new_s = re.sub(r"""["?,$!]|'(?!(?<! ')[ts])""", "", s)
  11.  
  12. 	# Deal with the final dot
  13. 	new_s = re.sub(r"\.", " .", new_s)
  14. 	print(new_s)
  15.  
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This has punctuation and it's hard to remove .  
Did you see Cress haircut .
This thing hasn't a really bad habit you know .
I bought this for 30 from Best Buy it's . What a waste of money The ear gels are comfortable at first but what's after an hour .
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
created:
11 years ago
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