NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       style - Analyzes surface characteristics of a document.

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Displays all sentences with their length  and  readability
       index.   Displays  all sentences that begin with an expletive.
  Displays all  sentences  longer  than  num.   Skips
       lists  in  the  document.  Overrides the default -ms macro
       package.  Displays parts of speech of  the  words  in  the
       document.   Displays  all sentences that contain a passive
       verb.  Displays all sentences whose readability  index  is
       greater than num.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  style command 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.  The default macro package
  -ms  may  be overridden with the -mm option.  The -ml
       option, which causes deroff to skip lists, should be  used
       if  the document contains many lists that contain non-sentences.
 Use the other options  to  locate  sentences  with
       certain characteristics.

RESTRICTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Use  of non-standard formatting macros may cause incorrect
       sentence breaks.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: deroff(1), diction(1)



                                                         style(1)