diff --git a/lib/liquid.rb b/lib/liquid.rb
index 679d1c2b..316af002 100644
--- a/lib/liquid.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
 module Liquid
-  FilterSeparator             = /\|/
+  FilterSperator              = /\|/
   ArgumentSeparator           = ','
   FilterArgumentSeparator     = ':'
   VariableAttributeSeparator  = '.'
@@ -33,13 +33,7 @@ module Liquid
   VariableStart               = /\{\{/
   VariableEnd                 = /\}\}/
   VariableIncompleteEnd       = /\}\}?/
-  QuotedString                = /"[^"]+"|'[^']+'/
-  QuotedFragment              = /#{QuotedString}|(?:[^\s,\|'"]|#{QuotedString})+/
-  StrictQuotedFragment        = /"[^"]+"|'[^']+'|[^\s,\|,\:,\,]+/
-  FirstFilterArgument         = /#{FilterArgumentSeparator}(?:#{StrictQuotedFragment})/
-  OtherFilterArgument         = /#{ArgumentSeparator}(?:#{StrictQuotedFragment})/
-  SpacelessFilter             = /#{FilterSeparator}(?:#{StrictQuotedFragment})(?:#{FirstFilterArgument}(?:#{OtherFilterArgument})*)?/
-  Expression                  = /(?:#{QuotedFragment}(?:#{SpacelessFilter})*)/
+  QuotedFragment              = /"[^"]+"|'[^']+'|[^\s,|]+/
   TagAttributes               = /(\w+)\s*\:\s*(#{QuotedFragment})/
   AnyStartingTag              = /\{\{|\{\%/
   PartialTemplateParser       = /#{TagStart}.*?#{TagEnd}|#{VariableStart}.*?#{VariableIncompleteEnd}/
diff --git a/lib/liquid/context.rb b/lib/liquid/context.rb
index d1ca1092..69b76643 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/context.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/context.rb
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ module Liquid
         :blank?
       when 'empty'
         :empty?
-      # filtered variables
-      when SpacelessFilter
-        filtered_variable(key)
       # Single quoted strings
       when /^'(.*)'$/
         $1.to_s
@@ -224,9 +221,5 @@ module Liquid
 
       object
     end
-    
-    def filtered_variable(markup)
-      Variable.new(markup).render(self)
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/assign.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/assign.rb
index 7b48b84f..a68cf30d 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/assign.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/assign.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Liquid
   #  {{ monkey }}
   #
   class Assign < Tag
-    Syntax = /(#{VariableSignature}+)\s*=\s*(#{Expression}+)/   
+    Syntax = /(#{VariableSignature}+)\s*=\s*(#{QuotedFragment}+)/   
   
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)          
       if markup =~ Syntax
diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/case.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/case.rb
index f6f24d4d..0733c51a 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/case.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/case.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module Liquid
   class Case < Block
-    Syntax     = /(#{Expression})/
-    WhenSyntax = /(#{Expression})(?:(?:\s+or\s+|\s*\,\s*)(#{Expression}.*))?/
+    Syntax     = /(#{QuotedFragment})/
+    WhenSyntax = /(#{QuotedFragment})(?:(?:\s+or\s+|\s*\,\s*)(#{QuotedFragment}.*))?/
 
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)      
       @blocks = []
diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb
index bc39d3fe..aa7f64ce 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ module Liquid
   #    <div class="green"> Item five</div>
   #
   class Cycle < Tag
-    SimpleSyntax = /^#{Expression}/        
-    NamedSyntax  = /^(#{Expression})\s*\:\s*(.*)/
+    SimpleSyntax = /^#{QuotedFragment}/        
+    NamedSyntax  = /^(#{QuotedFragment})\s*\:\s*(.*)/
   
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)      
       case markup
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module Liquid
   
     def variables_from_string(markup)
       markup.split(',').collect do |var|
-    	  var =~ /\s*(#{Expression})\s*/
+    	  var =~ /\s*(#{QuotedFragment})\s*/
     	  $1 ? $1 : nil
     	end.compact
     end
diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/for.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/for.rb
index 4ff86713..b17a3320 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/for.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/for.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module Liquid
   # forloop.last:: Returns true if the item is the last item.
   #
   class For < Block                                             
-    Syntax = /(\w+)\s+in\s+(#{Expression}+)\s*(reversed)?/   
+    Syntax = /(\w+)\s+in\s+(#{QuotedFragment}+)\s*(reversed)?/   
   
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
       if markup =~ Syntax
diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/if.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/if.rb
index a84d5677..8ff47088 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/if.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/if.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module Liquid
   #
   class If < Block
     SyntaxHelp = "Syntax Error in tag 'if' - Valid syntax: if [expression]"
-    Syntax = /(#{Expression})\s*([=!<>a-z_]+)?\s*(#{Expression})?/
+    Syntax = /(#{QuotedFragment})\s*([=!<>a-z_]+)?\s*(#{QuotedFragment})?/
     
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)    
     
diff --git a/lib/liquid/variable.rb b/lib/liquid/variable.rb
index cf585186..39eb6e20 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/variable.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/variable.rb
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ module Liquid
       @filters = []
       if match = markup.match(/\s*(#{QuotedFragment})/)
         @name = match[1]
-        if markup.match(/#{FilterSeparator}\s*(.*)/)
-          filters = Regexp.last_match(1).split(/#{FilterSeparator}/)
+        if markup.match(/#{FilterSperator}\s*(.*)/)
+          filters = Regexp.last_match(1).split(/#{FilterSperator}/)
+        
           filters.each do |f|    
             if matches = f.match(/\s*(\w+)/)
               filtername = matches[1]
diff --git a/test/assign_test.rb b/test/assign_test.rb
index 15d00e53..9bf6f2fb 100644
--- a/test/assign_test.rb
+++ b/test/assign_test.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/helper'
 
-class IfElseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+class AssignTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Liquid
   
-  def test_with_filtered_expressions
-    assert_template_result('foo','{% assign foo = values|sort|last %}{{ foo }}', 'values' => %w{foo bar baz})
-    assert_template_result('foo','{% assign sorted = values|sort %}{{ sorted | last }}', 'values' => %w{foo bar baz})
+  def test_assigned_variable
+    assert_template_result('.foo.','{% assign foo = values %}.{{ foo }}.', 'values' => %w{foo bar baz})
   end
 
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/if_else_test.rb b/test/if_else_test.rb
index 8e52d00a..5daef3f1 100644
--- a/test/if_else_test.rb
+++ b/test/if_else_test.rb
@@ -112,25 +112,6 @@ class IfElseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_template_result('elsif','{% if false %}if{% elsif true %}elsif{% endif %}')    
   end
   
-  def test_with_filtered_expressions
-    assert_template_result('yes','{% if "BLAH"|downcase == "blah" %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('yes','{% if "FOO BAR"|truncatewords:1,"--" == "FOO--" %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('yes','{% if "FOO BAR"|truncatewords:1,"--"|downcase == "foo--" %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('yes','{% if "foo--" == "FOO BAR"|truncatewords:1,"--"|downcase %}yes{% endif %}')
-    # array transformation, to make sure we aren't converting arrays to strings somewhere along the way:
-    assert_template_result('yes','{% if values|sort == sorted %}yes{% endif %}', 'values' => %w{foo bar baz}, 'sorted' => %w{bar baz foo})
-  end
-  
-  def test_allow_no_spaces_in_filtered_expressions
-    assert_template_result('','{% if "foo--" == "FOO BAR" |truncatewords:1,"--"|downcase %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('','{% if "foo--" == "FOO BAR"| truncatewords:1,"--"|downcase %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('','{% if "foo--" == "FOO BAR"|truncatewords :1,"--"|downcase %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('','{% if "foo--" == "FOO BAR"|truncatewords: 1,"--"|downcase %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('','{% if "foo--" == "FOO BAR"|truncatewords:1 ,"--"|downcase %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('','{% if "foo--" == "FOO BAR"|truncatewords:1, "--"|downcase %}yes{% endif %}')
-    assert_template_result('','{% if "foo--" == "FOO BAR"|truncatewords:1,"--" |downcase %}yes{% endif %}')
-  end
-  
   def test_syntax_error_no_variable
     assert_raise(SyntaxError){ assert_template_result('', '{% if jerry == 1 %}')}
   end
diff --git a/test/standard_tag_test.rb b/test/standard_tag_test.rb
index abb84570..e2255793 100644
--- a/test/standard_tag_test.rb
+++ b/test/standard_tag_test.rb
@@ -98,11 +98,7 @@ HERE
     assigns = {'array' => [1,2,3] }
     assert_template_result('+--', '{%for item in array%}{% if forloop.first %}+{% else %}-{% endif %}{%endfor%}', assigns)
   end
-  
-  def test_for_with_filtered_expressions
-    assert_template_result('abc','{% for letter in letters|sort %}{{ letter }}{% endfor %}', 'letters' => %w{c b a})
-  end
-  
+    
   def test_limiting
     assigns = {'array' => [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0]}
     assert_template_result('12','{%for i in array limit:2 %}{{ i }}{%endfor%}',assigns)
@@ -353,10 +349,10 @@ HERE
     
     assert_template_result('one two one','{%cycle "one", "two"%} {%cycle "one", "two"%} {%cycle "one", "two"%}') 
     
-    assert_template_result('text-align: left text-align: right','{%cycle "text-align: left", "text-align: right" %} {%cycle "text-align: left", "text-align: right"%}') 
+    assert_template_result('text-align: left,text-align: right','{%cycle "text-align: left", "text-align: right" %},{%cycle "text-align: left", "text-align: right"%}') 
 
-    assert_template_result(' ','{% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %}')  
-    assert_template_result('  </tr><tr> ','{% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %} {% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %} {% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %} {% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %}')  
+    assert_template_result('.','.{% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %}')  
+    assert_template_result('...</tr><tr> ','.{% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %}.{% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %}.{% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %} {% cycle "", "", "</tr><tr>" %}')  
     
   end