


      STYLE(1)                    (bsd 4.2)                    STYLE(1)



      NAME
           style  -  analyze writing style

      SYNTAX
           style [ -ml ] [ -mx ] [ -a ] [ -e ] [ -l num ] [ -r num ]
                 [ -p ] [ -P ] file ...

      DESCRIPTION
           Style analyzes an unformatted text for readability, sentence
           length and structure, word length and usage, verb type, and
           sentence openers.

           Before analyzing the text, style removes all formatting
           commands by means of deroff(1).

           -ml  causes deroff(1) to skip lists; use this if the
                document contains many lists of non-sentences.

           -mx  is a macro package like -mm, -ms, -man, or -me.  The
                input is not formatted according to the macro package,
                but macro flags should be included because the packages
                might contain text that should be examined.

           -a   print all sentences with their length and readability
                index.

           -e   print all sentences that begin with an expletive.

           -p   print all sentences that contain a passive verb.

           -lnum
                print all sentences longer than num.

           -rnum
                print all sentences whose readability index is greater
                than num.

           -P   print parts of speech of the words in the document.

      SEE ALSO
           deroff(1), diction(1), soelim(1)

      BUGS
           Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause incorrect
           sentence breaks.










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