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                      4: STYLE(1)           UNIX Programmer's Manual             STYLE(1)
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                      8: NNAAMMEE
                      9:      style  -  analyze surface characteristics of a document
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                     11: SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
                     12:      ssttyyllee [ --mmll ] [ --mmmm ] [ --aa ] [ --ee ] [ --ll num ] [ --rr num ] [
                     13:      --pp ] [ --PP ] file ...
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                     15: DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
                     16:      _S_t_y_l_e analyzes the surface characteristics of the writing
                     17:      style of a document.  It reports on readability, sentence
                     18:      length and structure, word length and usage, verb type, and
                     19:      sentence openers. Because _s_t_y_l_e runs _d_e_r_o_f_f before looking
                     20:      at the text, formatting header files should be included as
                     21:      part of the input.  The default macro package --mmss may be
                     22:      overridden with the flag --mmmm.. The flag --mmll, which causes
                     23:      ddeerrooffff to skip lists, should be used if the document con-
                     24:      tains many lists of non-sentences.  The other options are
                     25:      used to locate sentences with certain characteristics.
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                     27:      --aa   print all sentences with their length and readability
                     28:          index.
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                     30:      --ee   print all sentences that begin with an expletive.
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                     32:      --pp   print all sentences that contain a passive verb.
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                     34:      --ll_n_u_m
                     35:          print all sentences longer than _n_u_m.
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                     37:      --rr_n_u_m
                     38:          print all sentences whose readability index is greater
                     39:          than _n_u_m.
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                     41:      --PP   print parts of speech of the words in the document.
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                     43: SSEEEE AALLSSOO
                     44:      deroff(1), diction(1)
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                     46: BBUUGGSS
                     47:      Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause incorrect
                     48:      sentence breaks.
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                     63: Printed 5/11/90          April 29, 1985                         1
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