c:\@Work\Perl\monks\MadhAric>perl -wMstrict -le "my $string = 'A log and a axe, an log and an axe'; print qq{'$string'}; ;; $string =~ s/\b([Aa])(\s+[aeiou])/$1n$2/g; print qq{'$string'}; " 'A log and a axe, an log and an axe' 'A log and an axe, an log and an axe'