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8.Dd
9.Dt DICTION 1
10.Os
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm diction , explain
13.Nd print wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm diction
16.Op Fl f Ar pfile
17.Op Fl ml
18.Op Fl mm
19.Op Fl n
20.Ar file ...
21.Nm explain
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23.Nm Diction
24finds all sentences in a document that contain phrases
25from a data base of bad or wordy diction.
26Each phrase is bracketed with
27.Sq [\|] .
28Because
29.Nm diction
30runs
31.Xr deroff 1
32before looking at the text, formatting
33header files should be included as part of the input.
34.Bl -tag -width "xF pfile"
35.It Fl f Ar pfile.
36Use
37.Ar pfile
38as a pattern file in addition to the default file.
39.It Fl ml
40causes
41.Xr deroff 1
42to skip lists, should be used if the document contains many lists of
43non-sentences.
44.It Fl mm
45The default macro package,
46.Fl ms ,
47may be overridden with the flag
48.Fl mm .
49.It Fl n
50Suppress usage of default file.
51.El
52.Pp
53.Nm Explain
54is an interactive thesaurus for the phrases found by diction.
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr deroff 1
57.Sh BUGS
58Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause
59incorrect sentence breaks.
60In particular,
61.Nm diction
62doesn't grok
63.Fl me .
64.Sh HISTORY
65The
66.Nm diction
67command appeared in
68.Bx 4 .
69