


      DICTION(1)                  (bsd 4.2)                  DICTION(1)



      NAME
           diction, explain - print wordy sentences; thesaurus for
           diction

      SYNTAX
           diction [ -ml ] [ -mx ] [ -n ] [ -f pfile ] file ...
           explain
           suggest

      DESCRIPTION
           Diction analyzes an unformatted text and puts brackets ([ ])
           on the sentences that contain bad diction.

           Before analyzing the text, diction 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.

           -fpfile
                specifies a user-supplied pattern file to be used in
                addition to the default file.

           -n   suppresses the default pattern file.

           Explain and suggest are interactive thesauruses for the
           phrases found by diction.

      SEE ALSO
           deroff(1)

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




















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