diff --git a/environments/eval_environments/ifeval_instructions/instructions_utils.py b/environments/eval_environments/ifeval_instructions/instructions_utils.py
index 46f98999..8ee61655 100644
--- a/environments/eval_environments/ifeval_instructions/instructions_utils.py
+++ b/environments/eval_environments/ifeval_instructions/instructions_utils.py
@@ -1604,9 +1604,7 @@ LANGUAGE_CODES = {
 _ALPHABETS = "([A-Za-z])"
 _PREFIXES = "(Mr|St|Mrs|Ms|Dr)[.]"
 _SUFFIXES = "(Inc|Ltd|Jr|Sr|Co)"
-_STARTERS = (
-    r"(Mr|Mrs|Ms|Dr|Prof|Capt|Cpt|Lt|He\s|She\s|It\s|They\s|Their\s|Our\s|We\s|But\s|However\s|That\s|This\s|Wherever)"
-)
+_STARTERS = r"(Mr|Mrs|Ms|Dr|Prof|Capt|Cpt|Lt|He\s|She\s|It\s|They\s|Their\s|Our\s|We\s|But\s|However\s|That\s|This\s|Wherever)"
 _ACRONYMS = "([A-Z][.][A-Z][.](?:[A-Z][.])?)"
 _WEBSITES = "[.](com|net|org|io|gov|edu|me)"
 _DIGITS = "([0-9])"