both s/// and m// allow multiple modifiers. it's just that /e is not supported for m// :-)

For cool usage of multipler modifiers, you should see the quintessential JAPH that's mentioned in the end of this column by none other than merlyn

Furthermore, not only are multiple modifiers allowed in Regular Expressions, but with "Extended" regular expressions, those modifiers can be applied to "parts" of regular expressions, like:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
#                0      0     1     0      1
my @words = qw, eLBow ElBow elBoW eLbow elboW,;
# I want to match all words elbow
# whose W is capital, and e and o e are in lower case
# and but l and B can be either case
# There are two ways to do it
for(@words)
{
    printf "%s\n",$_ if /e(L|l)(B|b)oW/;
}

##or using Extended Regular Expressions

for(@words)
{
    printf "%s\n",$_
    if /e(?i-:lb)oW/;
}
__END__
# the output
elBoW
elboW
elBoW
elboW
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perl -e "$q=$_;map({chr unpack qq;H*;,$_}split(q;;,q*H*));print;$q/$q;"