diff --git a/src/Test/Logic/Ocr/MatchesToItalicStringConverterTest.cs b/src/Test/Logic/Ocr/MatchesToItalicStringConverterTest.cs
index 489fe2ef4..2817375bd 100644
--- a/src/Test/Logic/Ocr/MatchesToItalicStringConverterTest.cs
+++ b/src/Test/Logic/Ocr/MatchesToItalicStringConverterTest.cs
@@ -138,6 +138,38 @@ namespace Test.Logic.Ocr
             Assert.AreEqual("CAESAR: <i>I live here.</i>", result);
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestNonItalicAndParentheses()
+        {
+            var matches = new List<VobSubOcr.CompareMatch>
+            {
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("-(", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("L", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("A", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("U", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("G", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("H", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("I", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("N", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("G", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch(")", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch(Environment.NewLine, false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()) { },
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("-", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("(", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("B", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("Y", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("E", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch(" ", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("B", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("Y", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch("E", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+                new VobSubOcr.CompareMatch(")", false, 0, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
+            };
+
+            var result = MatchesToItalicStringConverter.GetStringWithItalicTags(matches);
+            Assert.AreEqual("-(LAUGHING)" + Environment.NewLine + "-(BYE BYE)", result);
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void TestItalicAndBrackets()
         {
diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Ocr/MatchesToItalicStringConverter.cs b/src/ui/Logic/Ocr/MatchesToItalicStringConverter.cs
index c1ff4dda1..af467f6fd 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Ocr/MatchesToItalicStringConverter.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Ocr/MatchesToItalicStringConverter.cs
@@ -194,9 +194,17 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Ocr
         {
             var result = new List<SplitItem>();
             var line = new List<VobSubOcr.CompareMatch>();
+            var skipNext = false;
 
-            foreach (var t in matches)
+            for (var index = 0; index < matches.Count; index++)
             {
+                var t = matches[index];
+                if (skipNext)
+                {
+                    skipNext = false;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 if (t.Text == Environment.NewLine)
                 {
                     if (line.Count > 0)
@@ -210,8 +218,16 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Ocr
                     if (line.Count > 0)
                     {
                         line.Add(t);
+                        if (index < matches.Count - 1 && matches[index + 1].Text == Environment.NewLine)
+                        {
+                            result.Add(new SplitItem { Matches = line, Separator = Environment.NewLine });
+                            skipNext = true;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            result.Add(new SplitItem { Matches = line, Separator = string.Empty });
+                        }
 
-                        result.Add(new SplitItem { Matches = line, Separator = string.Empty });
                         line = new List<VobSubOcr.CompareMatch>();
                     }
                 }