4.4BSD/usr/share/man/cat1/diction.0

DICTION(1)                   BSD Reference Manual                   DICTION(1)

NNAAMMEE
     ddiiccttiioonn, eexxppllaaiinn - print wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     ddiiccttiioonn [--ff _p_f_i_l_e] [--mmll] [--mmmm] [--nn] _f_i_l_e _._._.
     eexxppllaaiinn

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     DDiiccttiioonn finds all sentences in a document that contain phrases from a da-
     ta base of bad or wordy diction.  Each phrase is bracketed with `[]'. Be-
     cause ddiiccttiioonn runs deroff(1) before looking at the text, formatting head-
     er files should be included as part of the input.

     --ff _p_f_i_l_e_.
               Use _p_f_i_l_e as a pattern file in addition to the default file.

     --mmll       causes deroff(1) to skip lists, should be used if the document
               contains many lists of non-sentences.

     --mmmm       The default macro package, --mmss, may be overridden with the flag
               --mmmm.

     --nn        Suppress usage of default file.

     EExxppllaaiinn is an interactive thesaurus for the phrases found by diction.

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     deroff(1)

BBUUGGSS
     Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause incorrect sentence
     breaks.  In particular, ddiiccttiioonn doesn't grok --mmee.

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The ddiiccttiioonn command appeared in 4BSD.

4.4BSD                           June 6, 1993                                1