LOL. So, here I was, reading along and thinking "Yeah, I make that mistake a lot too."
And then I got to thinking, "Wait a minute... I know a solution to that problem!" A minute or two later, and I now have a couple of Favorite Actions for doing regex search and replaces.
That thwack sound you heard was my hand hitting my forehead. 
Why didn't I think of it before now? sigh