Constrain word delimiter to space only

[Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami]

if you do this

put "He said, " & quote & "LiveCode has a very supportive community." & quote into tQuote
put word 3 of the quote


you get ""LiveCode has a very supportive community."

is there a way to contrain the word delimiter to not include the straight quote as a delimiter?

from an editor's point of view, this has 8 words not 3

He said, "LiveCode has a very supportive community."
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