.\" SCCSID: @(#)diction.1	8.1	9/11/90.TH diction 1 .SH Namediction, explain \- print wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction.SH Syntax.B diction[\fB\-ml\fR] [\fB\-mm\fR] [\fB\-n\fR] [\fB\-f\fI pfile\fR] \fIfile...\fR.br.B explain.SH Description.NXR "diction program".NXR "explain program"The.PN dictioncommandfinds all sentences in a document that contain phrasesfrom a data base of bad or wordy diction.Each phrase is bracketed with [ ].Because.PN dictionruns.PN deroffbefore looking at the text, formattingheader files should be included as part of the input..PPThe.PN explaincommandis an interactive thesaurus for the phrases found by diction..SH Options.IP \fB\-mm\fR 20Overrides default macro package\fB\-ms\fR..IP \fB\-ml\fR Causes .B deroffto skip lists.  .IP \fB\-f\fIpfile\fR Specifies pattern file in addition to default file.  Note that you canspecify the \fB\-n\fR flag to suppress the default file..SH Restrictions.NXR "diction program" "restricted"Use of non-standard formatting macros may causeincorrect sentence breaks..SH See Alsoderoff(1)