Assertion: quantifier | /r/MadeOf | possessive
Facets:
value: by appending a plus sign
type: MANNER
value: in java
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: An quantifier is made possessive by appending a plus sign.
text: In Java, quantifiers may be made possessive by appending a plus sign, which disables backing off (in a backtracking engine), even if doing so would allow the overall match to succeed: While the regex ".