Index: gc_core/py/lang_core/gc_engine.py
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--- gc_core/py/lang_core/gc_engine.py
+++ gc_core/py/lang_core/gc_engine.py
@@ -898,10 +898,12 @@
 
 def g_select (dToken, sPattern, lDefault=None):
     "select morphologies for <dToken> according to <sPattern>, always return True"
     lMorph = dToken["lMorph"]  if "lMorph" in dToken  else _oSpellChecker.getMorph(dToken["sValue"])
     if not lMorph or len(lMorph) == 1:
+        if lDefault:
+            dToken["lMorph"] = lDefault
         return True
     lSelect = [ sMorph  for sMorph in lMorph  if re.search(sPattern, sMorph) ]
     if lSelect:
         if len(lSelect) != len(lMorph):
             dToken["lMorph"] = lSelect
@@ -912,10 +914,12 @@
 
 def g_exclude (dToken, sPattern, lDefault=None):
     "select morphologies for <dToken> according to <sPattern>, always return True"
     lMorph = dToken["lMorph"]  if "lMorph" in dToken  else _oSpellChecker.getMorph(dToken["sValue"])
     if not lMorph or len(lMorph) == 1:
+        if lDefault:
+            dToken["lMorph"] = lDefault
         return True
     lSelect = [ sMorph  for sMorph in lMorph  if not re.search(sPattern, sMorph) ]
     if lSelect:
         if len(lSelect) != len(lMorph):
             dToken["lMorph"] = lSelect