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3 | .EH 'USD:32-%''Writing Tools - the STYLE and DICTION Programs' |
| 4 | .OH 'Writing Tools - the STYLE and DICTION Programs''USD:32-%' | |
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| 6 | .\".TM 79-1271-13 39199 39199-11 | |
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7 | .TL |
| 8 | Writing Tools - The STYLE and DICTION | |
| 9 | Programs | |
| 10 | .AU "MH 2C-516" 6067 | |
| 11 | L. L. Cherry | |
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| 15 | W. Vesterman | |
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| 17 | Livingston College | |
| 18 | Rutgers University | |
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| 2838e18a | 20 | \" readability |
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21 | .AB |
| 22 | Text processing systems are now in heavy use in many companies | |
| 23 | to format documents. | |
| 24 | With many documents stored | |
| 25 | on line, it has become possible to use computers | |
| 26 | to study writing style itself and to help writers | |
| 27 | produce better written and more readable prose. | |
| 28 | The system of programs described here is an initial step | |
| 29 | toward such help. | |
| 30 | It includes programs and a data base designed | |
| 31 | to produce a stylistic profile of writing at the word and | |
| 32 | sentence level. | |
| 33 | The system measures read\%ability, sentence and word length, | |
| 34 | sentence type, word usage, and sentence openers. | |
| 35 | It also locates common examples of wordy phrasing and bad diction. | |
| 36 | The system is useful for evaluating a document's style, | |
| 37 | locating sentences that may be difficult to read or | |
| 38 | excessively wordy, and determining | |
| 39 | a particular writer's style over several documents. | |
| 40 | .AE | |
| 41 | .CS 11 4 15 1 2 12 |