diff --git a/Data/Scripts/001_Technical/002_RubyUtilities.rb b/Data/Scripts/001_Technical/002_RubyUtilities.rb
index 3a88c12e7..6c857c91d 100644
--- a/Data/Scripts/001_Technical/002_RubyUtilities.rb
+++ b/Data/Scripts/001_Technical/002_RubyUtilities.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ end
 #===============================================================================
 class String
   def starts_with_vowel?
-    return ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"].include?(self[0, 1].downcase)
+    return ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"].include?(self[0].downcase)
   end
 
   def first(n = 1); return self[0...n]; end
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class String
   end
 
   def numeric?
-    return !self[/^[+-]?([0-9]+)(?:\.[0-9]+)?$/].nil?
+    return !self[/\A[+-]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?\Z/].nil?
   end
 end