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8.Dd
9.Dt DICTION 1
10.Os BSD 4.4
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm diction , explain
13.Nd print wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm diction
16.Op Fl ml
17.Op Fl mm
18.Op Fl n
19.Op Fl f Ar pfile
20.Ar file \&...
21.Nm explain
22.Pp
23.Sh DESCRIPTION
24.Nm Diction
25finds all sentences in a document that contain phrases
26from a data base of bad or wordy diction.
27Each phrase is bracketed with
28.Op .
29Because
30.Nm diction
31runs
32.Xr deroff 1
33before looking at the text, formatting
34header files should be included as part of the input.
35.Tw Fl
36.Tp Fl mm
37The default macro package
38.Fl ms
39may be overridden with the flag
40.Fl mm .
41.Tp Fl ml
42causes
43.Xr deroff 1
44to skip lists, should be used if the document contains many lists of
45non-sentences.
46.Tc Fl f
47.Ws
48.Ar pfile.
49.Cx
50Use
51.Ar pfile
52as a pattern file in addition to the default file.
53.Tp Fl n
54Suppress usage of default file.
55.Tp
56.Pp
57.Nm Explain
58is an interactive thesaurus for the phrases found by diction.
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr deroff 1
61.Sh HISTORY
62.Nm Diction
63appeared in 4.0 BSD.
64.Sh BUGS
65Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause
66incorrect sentence breaks.
67In particular,
68.Nm diction
69doesn't grok
70.Fl me .
71