1*61971Sbostic.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 2*61971Sbostic.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 319490Smckusick.\" 448515Scael.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 548515Scael.\" 6*61971Sbostic.\" @(#)style.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/06/93 748515Scael.\" 848515Scael.Dd 948515Scael.Dt STYLE 1 1048515Scael.Os BSD 4 1148515Scael.Sh NAME 1248515Scael.Nm style 1348515Scael.Nd analyze surface characteristics of a document 1448515Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS 1548515Scael.Nm style 1648515Scael.Op Fl ml 1748515Scael.Op Fl mm 1848515Scael.Op Fl a 1948515Scael.Op Fl e 2048515Scael.Op Fl l Ns Ar num 2148515Scael.Op Fl r Ns Ar num 2248515Scael.Op Fl p 2348515Scael.Op Fl P 2448515Scael.Ar file ... 2548515Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION 2648515Scael.Nm Style 2719490Smckusickanalyzes the surface characteristics of the writing style 2819490Smckusickof a document. 2919490SmckusickIt reports on readability, sentence length and 3019490Smckusickstructure, word length and usage, verb type, and sentence openers. 3119490SmckusickBecause 3248515Scael.Nm style 3319490Smckusickruns 3448515Scael.Xr deroff 3519490Smckusickbefore looking at the text, formatting 3619490Smckusickheader files should be included as part of the input. 3748515Scael.Pp 3848515ScaelOptions available: 3948515Scael.Bl -tag -width 8n 4048515Scael.It Fl a 4148515Scaelprint all sentences with their length and readability index. 4248515Scael.It Fl e 4348515Scaelprint all sentences that begin with an expletive. 4448515Scael.It Fl p 4548515Scaelprint all sentences that contain a passive verb. 4648515Scael.It Fl l Ar num 4748515Scaelprint all sentences longer than 4848515Scael.Ar num . 4948515Scael.It Fl ml 5019490SmckusickThe flag 5148515Scael.Fl ml , 5219490Smckusickwhich causes 5348515Scael.Xr deroff 5419490Smckusickto skip lists, should be used if the document contains many lists of 5519490Smckusicknon-sentences. 5648515Scael.It Fl mm 5748515ScaelThe default macro package 5848515Scael.Fl ms 5948515Scaelmay be overridden with the flag 6048515Scael.Fl mm . 6148515Scael.It Fl r Ar num 6219490Smckusickprint all sentences whose readability index is greater than 6348515Scael.Ar num . 6448515Scael.It Fl P 6519490Smckusickprint parts of speech of the words in the document. 6648515Scael.Sh SEE ALSO 6748515Scael.Xr deroff 1 , 6848515Scael.Xr diction 1 6948515Scael.Sh BUGS 7019490SmckusickUse of non-standard formatting macros may cause 7119490Smckusickincorrect sentence breaks. 7248515Scael.Sh HISTORY 7348515ScaelThe 7448515Scael.Nm 7548515Scaelcommand appeared in 7648515Scael.Bx 4 . 77