diff --git a/src/replace-words.js b/src/replace-words.js
index b9b6990..4173b94 100644
--- a/src/replace-words.js
+++ b/src/replace-words.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const verbsHelper = require('english-verbs-helper');
-const verbsIrregular = require('english-verbs-irregular/dist/verbs.json');
-const verbsGerunds = require('english-verbs-gerunds/dist/gerunds.json');
+const verbsHelper = require("english-verbs-helper");
+const verbsIrregular = require("english-verbs-irregular/dist/verbs.json");
+const verbsGerunds = require("english-verbs-gerunds/dist/gerunds.json");
 const verbsData = verbsHelper.mergeVerbsData(verbsIrregular, verbsGerunds);
 
 /* Replaces verbs, point-of-view, name, pronouns, and "also" terms */
@@ -50,19 +50,8 @@ function replaceName(options) {
 
 /* Replaces all verb keys */
 function replaceVerbs(options) {
-  const isPlural = getPronouns(options.preset, options.other).plurality == "plural";
-  if (isPlural) {
-    walk(document.body, /([Vv])r([Nn])\/([\w\s]+)\/([\w\s]+)\//, options, pluralPrnVerbMethod);
-  } else {
-    walk(document.body, /([Vv])r[Nn]\/([\w\s]+)\/([\w\s]+)\//, options, prnVerbMethod);
-  }
-
-  const isPluralThird = isPlural && options.pov == "third";
-  if (isPluralThird) {
-    walk(document.body, /([Vv])r([Bb])\/([\w\s]+)\/([\w\s]+)\//, options, pluralThirdVerbMethod);
-  } else {
-    walk(document.body, /([Vv])r[Bb]\/([\w\s]+)\/([\w\s]+)\//, options, verbMethod);
-  }
+  const searchTerm = /(v)r([nb])\/([\w\s]+)\/(?:((?:(?:simple|progressive|perfect|perfect[ _]progressive|participle(?![ _]future))[ _])*(?:past|present|future))\/)*/i;
+  walk(document.body, searchTerm, options, verbMethod);
 }
 
 /* Replaces all pronoun keys */
@@ -237,14 +226,14 @@ function replaceAlso(options) {
 
 /* Replaces exception statements by POV */
 function replaceExceptions(options) {
-  const searchTerm = /[Ee]xc\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*)\//;
+  const searchTerm = /exc\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*)\/ig/;
   walk(document.body, searchTerm, options, exceptionMethod);
 }
 
 
 /* Replaces cut statements with cuts */
 function replaceCuts() {
-  const searchTerm = /[Cc]ut\/([^\/]+)\/(-?[\d]+)\//;
+  const searchTerm = /cut\/([^\/]+)\/(-?[\d]+)\/ig/;
   walk(document.body, searchTerm, null, cutMethod);
 }
 
@@ -288,133 +277,49 @@ function directMethod(node, searchTerm, replaceValue) {
 }
 
 /* Replaces all verbs, not used for third-person plural */
-/* TODO Is the "options" variable here readable? It's not replaceValue and that seems bad */
 function verbMethod(node, searchTerm, options) {
-  let match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
+  const match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
   if (match == null) { return; }
   const isCapital = /V/.test(match[1]);
-  const verb = match[2];
-  let tense = getTense(match[3]);
-  const isTenseProvided = tense != null;
-  if (!isTenseProvided) {
+  const category = match[2];
+  const verb = match[3];
+  let tense = match[4];
+
+  if (tense == null) {
     tense = "PAST";
+  } else {
+    tense = tense.toUpperCase().replaceAll(" ", "_");
   }
 
-  let replaceValue = verbsHelper.getConjugation(verbsData, verb, tense, getPovIndex(options));
+  let povIndex;
+  switch (category) {
+    case "B": /* B and b vary by POV, capitalized to indicate a named subject */
+      if (options.pov == "third") {
+        povIndex = getPovIndex("third-singular", null);
+      } else {
+        povIndex = getPovIndex(options.pov, options);
+      }
+    case "b":
+      povIndex = getPovIndex(options.pov, options);
+    case "N": /* N and n are always third-person */
+      povIndex = getPovIndex("third-singular", null);
+    case "n":
+      povIndex = getPovIndex("third", options);
+  }
+
+  let replaceValue = verbsHelper.getConjugation(verbsData, verb, tense, povIndex);
 
   if (isCapital) {
     replaceValue = capitalize(replaceValue);
   }
 
-  if (isTenseProvided) {
-    node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTerm, replaceValue);
-  } else {
-    const searchTermShortVerb = /([Vv])r[Bb]\/([\w\s]+)\//
-    node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTermShortVerb, replaceValue);
-  }
-
+  node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTerm, replaceValue);
   verbMethod(node, searchTerm, options);
 }
 
-/* Replaces all verbs, used only for third-person plural */
-function pluralThirdVerbMethod(node, searchTerm, options) {
-  let match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
-  if (match == null) { return; }
-  const isCapital = /V/.test(match[1]);
-  const isNamedActor = /B/.test(match[2]);
-  const verb = match[3];
-  let tense = getTense(match[4]);
-  const isTenseProvided = tense != null;
-  if (!isTenseProvided) {
-    tense = "PAST";
-  }
-
-  let replaceValue;
-  if (isNamedActor) {
-    replaceValue = verbsHelper.getConjugation(verbsData, verb, tense, 2);
-  } else {
-    replaceValue = verbsHelper.getConjugation(verbsData, verb, tense, getPovIndex(options));
-  }
-
-  if (isCapital) {
-    replaceValue = capitalize(replaceValue);
-  }
-
-  if (isTenseProvided) {
-    node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTerm, replaceValue);
-  } else {
-    const searchTermShortVerb = /([Vv])r([Bb])\/([\w\s]+)\//
-    node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTermShortVerb, replaceValue);
-  }
-
-  pluralThirdVerbMethod(node, searchTerm, options);
-}
-
-/* Replaces verbs by pronoun rather than POV, not used for plural */
-function prnVerbMethod(node, searchTerm, options) {
-  let match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
-  if (match == null) { return; }
-  const isCapital = /V/.test(match[1]);
-  const verb = match[2];
-  let tense = getTense(match[3]);
-  const isTenseProvided = tense != null;
-  if (!isTenseProvided) {
-    tense = "PAST";
-  }
-
-  let replaceValue = verbsHelper.getConjugation(verbsData, verb, tense, 2);
-
-  if (isCapital) {
-    replaceValue = capitalize(replaceValue);
-  }
-
-  if (isTenseProvided) {
-    node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTerm, replaceValue);
-  } else {
-    const searchTermShortVerb = /([Vv])r[Bb]\/([\w\s]+)\//
-    node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTermShortVerb, replaceValue);
-  }
-
-  prnVerbMethod(node, searchTerm, options);
-}
-
-/* Replaces verbs by pronoun rather than POV, used only for plural */
-function pluralPrnVerbMethod(node, searchTerm, options) {
-  let match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
-  if (match == null) { return; }
-  const isCapital = /V/.test(match[1]);
-  const isNamedActor = /N/.test(match[2]);
-  const verb = match[3];
-  let tense = getTense(match[4]);
-  const isTenseProvided = tense != null;
-  if (!isTenseProvided) {
-    tense = "PAST";
-  }
-
-  let replaceValue;
-  if (isNamedActor) {
-    replaceValue = verbsHelper.getConjugation(verbsData, verb, tense, 2);
-  } else {
-    replaceValue = verbsHelper.getConjugation(verbsData, verb, tense, 5);
-  }
-
-  if (isCapital) {
-    replaceValue = capitalize(replaceValue);
-  }
-
-  if (isTenseProvided) {
-    node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTerm, replaceValue);
-  } else {
-    const searchTermShortVerb = /([Vv])r([Bb])\/([\w\s]+)\//
-    node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replace(searchTermShortVerb, replaceValue);
-  }
-
-  pluralPrnVerbMethod(node, searchTerm, options);
-}
-
 /* Allows for custom words to be cut off */
 function cutMethod(node, searchTerm, unused) {
-  let match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
+  const match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
   if (match == null) { return; }
   const target = match[1];
   const amount = match[2];
@@ -438,7 +343,7 @@ function cutMethod(node, searchTerm, unused) {
 
 /* Allows for custom words to be cut off */
 function exceptionMethod(node, searchTerm, options) {
-  let match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
+  const match = node.nodeValue.match(searchTerm);
   if (match == null) { return; }
 
   let replaceValue;
@@ -458,53 +363,21 @@ function capitalize(word) {
 }
 
 /* Determines the index for point-of-view to be used when conjugating verbs */
-function getPovIndex(options) {
-  switch (options.pov) {
+function getPovIndex(pov, options) {
+  switch (pov) {
     case "first":
       return 0;
     case "second":
       return 1;
+    case "third-singular":
+      return 2;
     case "third":
       if (getPronouns(options.preset, options.other).plurality == "singular") {
         return 2;
       } else { /* Plurality is plural, "they go" */
         return 5;
       }
-  }
-}
-
-/* Gets the verb tense from a regexp match */
-function getTense(match) {
-  const tense = match.toUpperCase().replaceAll(" ", "_");
-  const tenses = [
-    // SIMPLE
-    'SIMPLE_PAST',
-    'PAST',
-    'SIMPLE_PRESENT',
-    'PRESENT',
-    'SIMPLE_FUTURE',
-    'FUTURE',
-    // PROGRESSIVE
-    'PROGRESSIVE_PAST',
-    'PROGRESSIVE_PRESENT',
-    'PROGRESSIVE_FUTURE',
-    // PERFECT
-    'PERFECT_PAST',
-    'PERFECT_PRESENT',
-    'PERFECT_FUTURE',
-    // PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
-    'PERFECT_PROGRESSIVE_PAST',
-    'PERFECT_PROGRESSIVE_PRESENT',
-    'PERFECT_PROGRESSIVE_FUTURE',
-    // PARTICIPLE
-    'PARTICIPLE_PRESENT',
-    'PARTICIPLE_PAST',
-  ];
-
-  if (tenses.indexOf(tense) == -1) {
-    return null;
-  } else {
-    return tense;
+      return getThirdIndex(options);
   }
 }