For sure. I was muzzy from waking up and wasn’t sure if it was ‘in force’, en-force, or en force. Pretty sure it is French en force which probably translates directly to in force, but I can’t seem to coerce Google search to acknowledge that the phrase exists outside of a band name. If I put it on quotes, the auto summary seems to pick up on it, but still no results. In fact, search seems to be ignoring the quotes completely.
Google search has been ignoring quotes and verbatim for several years. It also seems to try to interpret what you typed, then search for that interpretation. If you want something that’s slightly obscure, but similar sounding to something popular, you have no chance of ever finding it with Google. I’ve had to switch search engines to start finding things again.
15+ years ago I used to be able to find anything I wanted using Google search with 3 or fewer words. I miss those days.
For sure. I was muzzy from waking up and wasn’t sure if it was ‘in force’, en-force, or en force. Pretty sure it is French en force which probably translates directly to in force, but I can’t seem to coerce Google search to acknowledge that the phrase exists outside of a band name. If I put it on quotes, the auto summary seems to pick up on it, but still no results. In fact, search seems to be ignoring the quotes completely.
I’d recommend Wiktionary.
I’ve a Kagi bang set up specifically for Wiktionary.
Google search has been ignoring quotes and verbatim for several years. It also seems to try to interpret what you typed, then search for that interpretation. If you want something that’s slightly obscure, but similar sounding to something popular, you have no chance of ever finding it with Google. I’ve had to switch search engines to start finding things again.
15+ years ago I used to be able to find anything I wanted using Google search with 3 or fewer words. I miss those days.
Ask us how they screwed up the AND operator.