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8: Writing Tools - The STYLE and DICTION
9: Programs
10: .AU "MH 2C-516" 6067
11: L. L. Cherry
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14: .AU
15: W. Vesterman
16: .AI
17: Livingston College
18: Rutgers University
19: .OK
20: \" readability
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22: Text processing systems are now in heavy use in many companies
23: to format documents.
24: With many documents stored
25: on line, it has become possible to use computers
26: to study writing style itself and to help writers
27: produce better written and more readable prose.
28: The system of programs described here is an initial step
29: toward such help.
30: It includes programs and a data base designed
31: to produce a stylistic profile of writing at the word and
32: sentence level.
33: The system measures read\%ability, sentence and word length,
34: sentence type, word usage, and sentence openers.
35: It also locates common examples of wordy phrasing and bad diction.
36: The system is useful for evaluating a document's style,
37: locating sentences that may be difficult to read or
38: excessively wordy, and determining
39: a particular writer's style over several documents.
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