


STYLE(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 STYLE(1)



NAME
     style  -  analyze surface characteristics of a document

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

DESCRIPTION
     _S_t_y_l_e 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 _s_t_y_l_e runs _d_e_r_o_f_f 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 flag -mm. The flag -ml, which causes
     deroff to skip lists, should be used if the document con-
     tains many lists of non-sentences.  The other options are
     used to locate sentences with certain characteristics.

     -a   print all sentences with their length and readability
	  index.

     -e   print all sentences that begin with an expletive.

     -p   print all sentences that contain a passive verb.

     -l_n_u_m
	  print all sentences longer than _n_u_m.

     -r_n_u_m
	  print all sentences whose readability index is greater
	  than _n_u_m.

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

SEE ALSO
     deroff(1), diction(1)

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














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