I am trying to find everything in a paragraph that is not abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789 and not space / /gi
/[^a-zA-Z0-9]|[^ ]/g
If you only want to exclude spaces use:
[^ ]*
Test the regex here if you want.