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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.Sq [\|] .
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 Ds
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