DICTION(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual DICTION(1)
diction, explain - print wordy sentences; thesaurus for dic-
S
\bSY
\bYN
\bNO
\bOP
\bPS
\bSI
\bIS
\bS
d
\bdi
\bic
\bct
\bti
\bio
\bon
\bn [ -
\b-m
\bml
\bl ] [ -
\b-m
\bmm
\bm ] [ -
\b-n
\bn ] [ -
\b-f
\bf pfile ] file ...
e
\bex
\bxp
\bpl
\bla
\bai
\bin
\bn
D
\bDE
\bES
\bSC
\bCR
\bRI
\bIP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bN
_
\bD_
\bi_
\bc_
\bt_
\bi_
\bo_
\bn finds all sentences in a document that contain
phrases from a data base of bad or wordy diction. Each
phrase is bracketed with [ ]. Because _
\bd_
\bi_
\bc_
\bt_
\bi_
\bo_
\bn runs _
\bd_
\be_
\br_
\bo_
\bf_
\bf
before looking at the text, formatting header files should
be included as part of the input. The default macro package
-
\b-m
\bms
\bs may be overridden with the flag -
\b-m
\bmm
\bm.
\b. The flag -
\b-m
\bml
\bl which
causes d
\bde
\ber
\bro
\bof
\bff
\bf to skip lists, should be used if the document
contains many lists of non-sentences. The user may supply
her/his own pattern file to be used in addition to the
default file with -
\b-f
\bf _
\bp_
\bf_
\bi_
\bl_
\be. If the flag -
\b-n
\bn is also supplied
the default file will be suppressed.
_
\bE_
\bx_
\bp_
\bl_
\ba_
\bi_
\bn is an interactive thesaurus for the phrases found by
S
\bSE
\bEE
\bE A
\bAL
\bLS
\bSO
\bO
Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause incorrect
sentence breaks. In particular, _
\bd_
\bi_
\bc_
\bt_
\bi_
\bo_
\bn doesn't grok -
\b-m
\bme
\be.
\b.
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