Hi,

I don't have a clue about regex but would like to know how to match e.g. "apprentice" but not "apprentice usa", and similarly "bake off" but not "junior bake off".

Many thanks
Ted

You will need to use regular expressions regardless I'm afraid. You'll just need to use anchors:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11552...the-phrase

Simply put a ^ at the start and $ at the end of your search string. 

More info at the link above.