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fix(learn): update verbiage to emphasize on `\n` instead of `\r` (#47841) 

Co-authored-by: Ilenia <nethleen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Mrugesh Mohapatra <1884376+raisedadead@users.noreply.github.com>
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curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/escape-sequences-in-strings.md
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Quotes are not the only characters that can be <dfn>escaped</dfn> inside a string. There are two reasons to use escaping characters: Quotes are not the only characters that can be <dfn>escaped</dfn> inside a string. There are two reasons to use escaping characters:
1. To allow you to use characters you may not otherwise be able to type out, such as a carriage return. 1. To allow you to use characters you may not otherwise be able to type out, such as a newline.
2. To allow you to represent multiple quotes in a string without JavaScript misinterpreting what you mean. 2. To allow you to represent multiple quotes in a string without JavaScript misinterpreting what you mean.
We learned this in the previous challenge. We learned this in the previous challenge.
<table class='table table-striped'><thead><tr><th>Code</th><th>Output</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>\'</code></td><td>single quote</td></tr><tr><td><code>\"</code></td><td>double quote</td></tr><tr><td><code>\\</code></td><td>backslash</td></tr><tr><td><code>\n</code></td><td>newline</td></tr><tr><td><code>\r</code></td><td>carriage return</td></tr><tr><td><code>\t</code></td><td>tab</td></tr><tr><td><code>\b</code></td><td>word boundary</td></tr><tr><td><code>\f</code></td><td>form feed</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class='table table-striped'><thead><tr><th>Code</th><th>Output</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>\'</code></td><td>single quote</td></tr><tr><td><code>\"</code></td><td>double quote</td></tr><tr><td><code>\\</code></td><td>backslash</td></tr><tr><td><code>\n</code></td><td>newline</td></tr><tr><td><code>\t</code></td><td>tab</td></tr><tr><td><code>\r</code></td><td>carriage return</td></tr><tr><td><code>\b</code></td><td>word boundary</td></tr><tr><td><code>\f</code></td><td>form feed</td></tr></tbody></table>
*Note that the backslash itself must be escaped in order to display as a backslash.* *Note that the backslash itself must be escaped in order to display as a backslash.*