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.TH STYLE 1  "18 January 1983"
.SH NAME
style  \-  analyze surface characteristics of a document
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B style
[
.B \-ml
] [
.B \-mm
] [
.B \-a
] [
.B \-e
] [
.B \-l
num ] [
.B \-r
num ] [
.B \-p
] [
.B \-P
]
file ...
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Style
analyzes the surface characteristics of the writing style
of a document.
It reports on readability, sentence length and
structure, word length and usage, verb type, and sentence openers.
Because
.I style
runs
.I deroff
before looking at the text, formatting
header files should be included as part of the input.
The default macro package
.B \-ms
may be overridden with the flag
.B \-mm.
The flag
.BR \-ml ,
which causes 
.B deroff
to skip lists, should be used if the document contains many lists of
non-sentences.
The other options are used to locate sentences with certain characteristics.
.TP
.B \-a
print all sentences with their length and readability index.
.TP
.B \-e
print all sentences that begin with an expletive.
.TP
.B \-p
print all sentences that contain a passive verb.
.TP
.BI \-l num
print all sentences longer than
.IR num .
.TP
.BI \-r num
print all sentences whose readability index is greater than
.IR num .
.TP
.B \-P
print parts of speech of the words in the document.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
deroff(1), diction(1)
.SH BUGS
Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause
incorrect sentence breaks.
Commit	Line	Data
d8649de5 C	1	.TH STYLE 1 "18 January 1983"
	2	.SH NAME
	3	style \- analyze surface characteristics of a document
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B style
	6	[
	7	.B \-ml
	8	] [
	9	.B \-mm
	10	] [
	11	.B \-a
	12	] [
	13	.B \-e
	14	] [
	15	.B \-l
	16	num ] [
	17	.B \-r
	18	num ] [
	19	.B \-p
	20	] [
	21	.B \-P
	22	]
	23	file ...
	24	.LP
	25	.SH DESCRIPTION
	26	.I Style
	27	analyzes the surface characteristics of the writing style
	28	of a document.
	29	It reports on readability, sentence length and
	30	structure, word length and usage, verb type, and sentence openers.
	31	Because
	32	.I style
	33	runs
	34	.I deroff
	35	before looking at the text, formatting
	36	header files should be included as part of the input.
	37	The default macro package
	38	.B \-ms
	39	may be overridden with the flag
	40	.B \-mm.
	41	The flag
	42	.BR \-ml ,
	43	which causes
	44	.B deroff
	45	to skip lists, should be used if the document contains many lists of
	46	non-sentences.
	47	The other options are used to locate sentences with certain characteristics.
	48	.TP
	49	.B \-a
	50	print all sentences with their length and readability index.
	51	.TP
	52	.B \-e
	53	print all sentences that begin with an expletive.
	54	.TP
	55	.B \-p
	56	print all sentences that contain a passive verb.
	57	.TP
	58	.BI \-l num
	59	print all sentences longer than
	60	.IR num .
	61	.TP
	62	.BI \-r num
	63	print all sentences whose readability index is greater than
	64	.IR num .
65	.TP
66	.B \-P
67	print parts of speech of the words in the document.
68	.SH "SEE ALSO"
69	deroff(1), diction(1)
70	.SH BUGS
71	Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause
72	incorrect sentence breaks.