diction(1)                                             diction(1)



NAME
     diction, explain - locate wordy sentences in a document

SYNOPSIS
     diction [-f pfile] [-ml] [-mm] file...

     diction [-ml] [-mm] [-n] file...

     explain

ARGUMENTS
     -f pfile
          Allows you to supply your own pattern file to be used
          in addition to the default file.  Replace pfile with a
          list of (wordy) phrases, with one phrase per line.  The
          default pfile is /usr/lib/dict.d.

     file Specifies the file to be searched.

     -ml  Causes deroff to skip lists.  The option should be used
          if the document contains many lists of nonsentences.

     -mm  Specifies the -mm macro package.  This option overrides
          the -ms macro package, which is the default.

     -n   Suppresses the default pfile.

DESCRIPTION
     diction finds all sentences in a document that contain
     phrases from a data base of bad or wordy diction.  Each
     phrase is bracketed with [].  Because diction runs deroff
     before looking at the text, formatting header files should
     be included as part of the input.

     explain is an interactive thesaurus for the phrases found by
     diction.  It prompts you with:

        phrase?

     to which you should respond by typing the phrase flagged by
     diction that you need explained.  The explanation tells what
     to use instead of phrase.  To get out of explain, press
     DELETE.

LIMITATIONS
     Use of nonstandard formatting macros may cause incorrect
     sentence breaks.  In particular, diction does not recognize
     the -me macro package.

FILES
     /usr/ucb/diction
          Executable file



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diction(1)                                             diction(1)



     /usr/ucb/explain
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     deroff(1), style(1), spell(1)


















































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