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RegEx used with String.protoype.replace to replace all single quotes with double quotes in the text and ignoring single quotes used for contractions.
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replaceSingleQuoteWithDoubleQuote.js
//Replace Single quote with double quote in a text regularExpression.
let reg = /([^\w])'(.+)'([^\w])/ig;
let text = "and then he said : 'Oh no rick, don't kill me please'. And rick replied : 'frick off kid' knowing he won't.";
let replaced = text.replace(reg, '$1"$2"$3');
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