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|Full description=This program includes both 'diction' and 'style'. 'Diction' identifies wordy and commonly misused phrases; 'style' analyzes surface characteristics of a document, including sentence length and other readability measures. While these programs cannot help you structure a document well, they can help to avoid poor wording and compare the readability of your document with others. Both commands support English and German documents.
 
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|Related projects=gnustandards,ispell,Textutils
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|Keywords=grammar,usage,style,readability,diction
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|Version identifier=1.14
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|Version date=2017/09/02
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|Version status=developmental
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|Version download=http://www.moria.de/~michael/diction/diction-1.14.tar.gz
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|Last review by=Bendikker
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|Last review date=2019/01/06
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|Submitted by=Database conversion
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|Submitted date=2011/04/01
 
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|License verified by=Deborah Nicholson
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|Last review by=Janet Casey
 
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|Last review date=2009-09-23
 
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|License verified date=2008-01-07
 
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|Real name=Michael Haardt
 
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Latest revision as of 14:43, 4 December 2020


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diction

https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/
Checks text for readability and bad usage.

This program includes both 'diction' and 'style'. 'Diction' identifies wordy and commonly misused phrases; 'style' analyzes surface characteristics of a document, including sentence length and other readability measures. While these programs cannot help you structure a document well, they can help to avoid poor wording and compare the readability of your document with others. Both commands support English and German documents.

Heckert gnu.small.png This is a GNU package:diction

Download

http://www.moria.de/~michael/diction/diction-1.14.tar.gz




Categories





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv3orlater

Verified by

Deborah Nicholson

Verified on

7 January 2008




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Michael Haardt Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Downloadhttp://www.moria.de/~michael/diction/
Downloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diction/
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/diction
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Weak prerequisitedetex
Weak prerequisitedehtml
Weak prerequisitederoff




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