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[chriswale]

Search Functionality Request

I would like to request that the search in finds alternate words that have the same meaning.
Example:
"its" - without an apostrophe
"it's" - with the apostrophe

If I search "its a dream" I would like results to show both:
"its a dream" and "it's a dream" results.

There are many other examples of where this would be useful, some more reliable than others:

         "feat." > "ft." > "featuring"
         "shaking" > "shakin" > "shakin' "
         " its " > " It's "
         " im " > " I'm "
         " ive " > " I've "
         " ill " > " I'll " (unreliable)
         " hes " > " He's "
         " shes " > " She's "
         " shell " > " She'll " (unreliable)
         " hell " > " He'll "  (unreliable)
         " dont " > " Don't "
         " doesnt " > " Doesn't "
         " cant " > " Can't "
         " whats " > " what's "
         " were " > " We're " (unreliable)
         " weve " > " We've "
         " thats " > " That's "
         " theres " > " There's "
         " heres " > " Here's "
         " lets " > " Let's "
         " aint " > " Ain't "
         " Youve " > " You've "
         " Youre " > " You're "
         " wasnt " > " Wasn't "
         " nobodys " > " nobody's "
         " whos " > " Who's "
         " wholl " > " Who'll "
         " everythings " > " Everything's "
         " everybodys " > " Everybody's "
         " wont " > " Won't "
         "isnt" > "isn't"   

[MrC]

Instead of enumerating all possibilities (which would be quite large), the simpler method would be to normalize search terms, removing punctuation.  That solves the 20,000 vs. 20000 Leagues Under the Sea problem.  User's shouldn't have to care about such language markers, unless they are strictly requested.

[chriswale]

Absolutely! My examples were simple for the purpose of this feature proposal.

"its" finds "its","it's"
"it's" finds "it's", "its"