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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SPELL 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: spell, sprog \- find spelling errors
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B spell
        !             6: [
        !             7: .I options
        !             8: ]
        !             9: \&...
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I file
        !            12: ]
        !            13: \&...
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: .B sprog
        !            16: [
        !            17: .I options
        !            18: ]
        !            19: [
        !            20: .B -f
        !            21: .I file
        !            22: ]
        !            23: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            24: .I Spell
        !            25: looks up words from the named
        !            26: .I files
        !            27: (standard input default)
        !            28: in a spelling list and places
        !            29: possible misspellings\(emwords 
        !            30: not sanctioned there\(emon the standard output.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: .I Spell
        !            33: ignores constructs of
        !            34: .IR troff (1)
        !            35: and its standard preprocessors.
        !            36: It understands these options:
        !            37: .TP
        !            38: .B -a
        !            39: Label each line of output with its
        !            40: address in the input, in the notation of
        !            41: .IR acme (1)
        !            42: and
        !            43: .IR sam (1).
        !            44: .TP
        !            45: .B -b
        !            46: Check British spelling.
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: .B -v
        !            49: Print all words not literally in the spelling list, with
        !            50: derivations.
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: .B -x
        !            53: Print, marked with
        !            54: .LR = ,
        !            55: every stem as it is looked up in the spelling list,
        !            56: along with its affix classes.
        !            57: .PP
        !            58: As a matter of policy, 
        !            59: .I spell
        !            60: does not admit multiple spellings of the same word.
        !            61: Variants that follow general rules are preferred
        !            62: over those that don't, even when the unruly spelling is
        !            63: more common.
        !            64: Thus, in American usage, `modelled', `sizeable', and `judgment' are
        !            65: rejected in favor of `modeled', `sizable', and `judgement'.
        !            66: Agglutinated variants are shunned: `crewmember' and `backyard'
        !            67: cede to `crew member' and  `back yard' (noun) or `back-yard' 
        !            68: (adjective).
        !            69: .SH FILES
        !            70: .TF /sys/lib/brspell
        !            71: .TP
        !            72: .B /sys/lib/amspell
        !            73: American spelling list
        !            74: .TP
        !            75: .B /sys/lib/brspell
        !            76: British spelling list
        !            77: .TP
        !            78: .B /bin/aux/sprog
        !            79: The actual spelling checker.
        !            80: It expects one word per line on standard input,
        !            81: and takes the same arguments as
        !            82: .IR spell .
        !            83: .SH SOURCE
        !            84: .TF /sys/src/cmd/spell
        !            85: .TP
        !            86: .B /rc/bin/spell
        !            87: the script
        !            88: .TP
        !            89: .B /sys/src/cmd/spell
        !            90: source for
        !            91: .I sprog
        !            92: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            93: .IR deroff (1)
        !            94: .SH BUGS
        !            95: The heuristics of
        !            96: .IR deroff (1)
        !            97: used to excise formatting information are imperfect.
        !            98: .br
        !            99: The spelling list's coverage is uneven;
        !           100: in particular biology, medicine, and chemistry, and
        !           101: perforce proper names,
        !           102: not to mention languages other than English,
        !           103: are covered very lightly.

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