style(1)                                                 style(1)



NAME
     style - analyzes the surface characteristics of documents

SYNOPSIS
     style [-a] [-e] [-l num] [-ml] [-mm] [-p] [-P] [-r num]
     file...

ARGUMENTS
     -a   Prints all sentences with their length and readability
          index.

     -e   Prints all sentences that begin with an expletive.

     file Specifies the file to be analyzed.

     -l num
          Prints all sentences longer than the specified number,
          num.

     -ml  Causes deroff to skip lists.  This option should be
          used if the document contains many lists of
          nonsentences.

     -mm  Overrides the default macro package -ms with the -mm
          macro package.

     -p   Prints all sentences that contain a passive verb.

     -P   Prints parts of speech of the words in the document.

     -r num
          Prints all sentences whose readability index is greater
          than the specified number, num.

DESCRIPTION
     style analyzes the surface characteristics of the writing
     style of a document.  It reports on readability, sentence
     length and structure, word length and usage, verb type, and
     sentence openers.  Because style runs deroff before looking
     at the text, formatting header files should be included as
     part of the input.

LIMITATIONS
     Use of nonstandard formatting macros may cause incorrect
     sentence breaks.

FILES
     /usr/ucb/style
          Executable file
     /usr/lib/style1
          File containing style information
     /usr/lib/style2



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style(1)                                                 style(1)



          File containing style information
     /usr/lib/style3
          File containing style information

SEE ALSO
     deroff(1), diction(1), spell(1)

















































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