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                      3: .EH 'USD:32-%''Writing Tools - the STYLE and DICTION Programs'
                      4: .OH 'Writing Tools - the STYLE and DICTION Programs''USD:32-%'
                      5: .\".RP
                      6: .\".TM 79-1271-13 39199 39199-11
                      7: .TL
                      8: Writing Tools - The STYLE and DICTION
                      9: Programs
                     10: .AU "MH 2C-516" 6067
                     11: L. L. Cherry
                     12: .AI
                     13: .MH
                     14: .AU
                     15: W. Vesterman
                     16: .AI
                     17: Livingston College
                     18: Rutgers University
                     19: .OK
                     20: \" readability
                     21: .AB
                     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.
                     40: .AE
                     41: .CS 11 4 15 1 2 12

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