diff --git a/examples/earlier-syntax.c b/examples/earlier-syntax.c
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+++ b/examples/earlier-syntax.c
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+
+%skip: [' ', '\t', '\n'];
+
+%find: "if" "(" "!" "(" (cond: /[!('(', ')')]/ | "(" cond ")") ")" ")" "{"
+    (true_case: /[!('{', '}')]/ | "{" true_case "}")
+"}" "else" "{"
+    (false_case: /[!('{', '}')]/ | "{" false_case "}")
+"}";
+
+%replace: "if" "(" cond ")" "{"
+    false_case
+"}" "else" "{"
+    true_case
+"}";
+
+