diction(1)
Name
diction, explain − print wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction
Syntax
diction [−ml] [−mm] [−n] [−f pfile] file...
explain
Description
The diction command finds all sentences in a document that contain phrases from a data base of bad or wordy diction. Each phrase is bracketed with [ ]. Because diction runs deroff before looking at the text, formatting header files should be included as part of the input.
The explain command is an interactive thesaurus for the phrases found by diction.
Options
−mmOverrides default macro package −ms.
−mlCauses deroff to skip lists.
−fpfileSpecifies pattern file in addition to default file. Note that you can specify the −n flag to suppress the default file.
Restrictions
Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause incorrect sentence breaks.