I am trying to capture double quotes in words like this: "This is an example" but not like this <img src="imagename"/>

I would appreciate any help

Thanks

Given the examples in your original post, the following will do the job:

"[^"<>]*"(?![^"<>]+>)

That didn't work either, it captured other stuff in tags, but I did it manually.

Thanks you're always helpful

Jagarm:

That didn't work either, it captured other stuff in tags, but I did it manually.

Then you should have posted some more examples of what input you were processing. The proposed solution worked for all the examples you posted in your original post.

Jagarm:

Thanks you're always helpful

You're welcome.