 		beginCaptures:
 			1: {name: "entity.function.name.roff"}
 		patterns: [{
-			begin: '(?x)
-				(?<=\\.BI)
-				[ \\t]+
-				(
-					".*?
-					(?<!")"(?!")
-					|
-					[^"\\s]\\S*
-				)
-				[ \t]*
-				(?=")
-			'
-			end: '(?x)
-				(?<=")
-				|
-				(?<!\\\\)\\n
-			'
+			begin: '(?<=\\.BI)[ \\t]+(".*?(?<!")"(?!")|[^"\\s]\\S*)[ \t]*(?=")'
+			end: '(?<=")|(?<!\\\\)\\n'
+			patterns: [{include: "#italic-strings"}]
 			beginCaptures:
 				1:
 					name: "markup.bold.roff"
-					patterns: [
-						{include: "#bold-string"}
-						{include: "#bold-bareword"}
-					]
-			patterns: [
-				{include: "#italic-string"}
-				{include: "#italic-bareword"}
-			]
+					patterns: [{include: "#bold-strings"}]
 		}, {
-			begin: '(?x)
-				(?=
-					("[^"]*(?<!\\\\)")
-					|
-					\\S+
-				)
-			'
-			end: '(?x)
-				$
-				|
-				(?:^|[ \t]+|(?<="))
-				(
-					("[^"]*")
-					|
-					\\S+
-				)
-			'
-			patterns: [
-				{include: "#bold-string"},
-				{include: "#bold-bareword"}
-			]
+			begin: '(?=("[^"]*(?<!\\\\)")|\\S+)'
+			end: '$|(?:^|[ \t]+|(?<="))(("[^"]*")|\\S+)'
+			patterns: [{include: "#bold-strings"}]
 			endCaptures:
 				1: {name: "markup.italic.roff"}
 				2: {patterns: [{include: "#strings"}]}
 		}]
 	
+	
+	# Bold words ("Quoted"/Unquoted)
+	"bold-strings":
+		patterns: [
+			{include: "#bold-string"}
+			{include: "#bold-bareword"}
+		]
 	
 	# Bold: "Quoted"
 	"bold-string":

		}]
	
	
	
	# Italic: "Quoted"
	"italic-string":

			}, {include: "#double-quoted-string"}]
		}]
	
	# Bold: Unquoted
	"bold-bareword":
		patterns: [{
