How can I Select and Element with selecting any sub elements

How can I Select and Element with selecting any sub elements

I have the following statement:

$("p:not(>a)").each(function () {
 //function here
}

It is just a find and replace function however it doesn't do what I want it to do! Its replacing stuff within the <a></a> tags within the <p></p> tags! i thought :not(>a) would fix this however evidently not!

Could someone please point me in the right direction? 
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