Index: lams_tool_assessment/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/assessment/web/action/LearningAction.java
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diff -u -r09147fe666e4bd39661695a2bace9b226a4b6130 -r57dfab8f97ff1bad83bc50605c6dce9b8ef4e4f3
--- lams_tool_assessment/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/assessment/web/action/LearningAction.java	(.../LearningAction.java)	(revision 09147fe666e4bd39661695a2bace9b226a4b6130)
+++ lams_tool_assessment/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/assessment/web/action/LearningAction.java	(.../LearningAction.java)	(revision 57dfab8f97ff1bad83bc50605c6dce9b8ef4e4f3)
@@ -890,6 +890,8 @@
 		    // HTML tags stripping
 		    if (question.isAllowRichEditor()) {
 			answer = WebUtil.removeHTMLtags(answer); // answer.replaceAll("/<\/?[a-z][^>]*>/gi", '');
+		    } else {
+			answer = answer.replaceAll("(?:<BR>)", " ");
 		    }
 		    
 		   int wordCount = (answer.length() == 0) ? 0 : answer.replaceAll("[\'\";:,\\.\\?\\-!]+", "").split("\\S+").length;//.match(/\S+/g) || []) ;