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* Searching for '''enzymes''' (plural, not capitalized) finds [[Insulin-Degrading Enzyme]] (singular, capitalized), an article in which the singular term does not occur. It also finds pages where only the singular (never the plural) term occurs in the text, but does not highlight the singular term in red under the page title, e.g. [[Butyrylcholinesterase]]. | * Searching for '''enzymes''' (plural, not capitalized) finds [[Insulin-Degrading Enzyme]] (singular, capitalized), an article in which the singular term does not occur. It also finds pages where only the singular (never the plural) term occurs in the text, but does not highlight the singular term in red under the page title, e.g. [[Butyrylcholinesterase]]. | ||
* Searching for '''Enzyme''' (capitalized) matches the article title [[SUMO conjugating enzyme Ubc9]] (not capitalized), and the text in the page [[Tripeptidyl peptidase]], which contains only the uncapitalized term. | * Searching for '''Enzyme''' (capitalized) matches the article title [[SUMO conjugating enzyme Ubc9]] (not capitalized), and the text in the page [[Tripeptidyl peptidase]], which contains only the uncapitalized term. | ||
* Searching for '''CASP''' (all upper case) matches '''casp''' in [[3af5]], and '''Casp''' in [[2vsp]]. | |||
* Searching for '''casp''' (all lower case) matches the article title [[CASP]] as well as CASP, Casp, and casp in page text. | |||
You can put double quotes around a phrase to restrict hits to the phrase, rather than getting hits to all pages that include any word in the phrase. See more tips [[#More powerful searching|below]]. | You can put double quotes around a phrase to restrict hits to the phrase, rather than getting hits to all pages that include any word in the phrase. See more tips [[#More powerful searching|below]]. | ||