Re: Error: Improperly terminated character constant

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> I'm writing a function dRop to accept words ending in 'es' and drop the last
> two characters i.e. 'es'.eg. mangoes -> mongo but i keep on getting this
> error: "Improperly terminated character constant" after running this code
> which i have left below. Can i get any form of help from anyone in here...?
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>  dRop :: String -> String
>  dRop word = if  drop (length word - 2) word == 'es'
>                       then take (length word - 2) word
>                       else word
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>  regards
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> Amarquaye.Ivan
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