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style(1)
NAME
  style - Analyzes surface characteristics of a document.

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

FLAGS
  -a  Displays all sentences with their length and readability index.

  -e  Displays all sentences that begin with an expletive.

  -l num
      Displays all sentences longer than num.

  -ml Skips lists in the document.

  -mm Overrides the default -ms macro package.

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

  -p  Displays all sentences that contain a passive verb.

  -r num
      Displays all sentences whose readability index is greater than num.

DESCRIPTION
  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 flag.	 The -ml flag, which causes deroff to skip
  lists, should be used if the document contains many lists that contain
  non-sentences.  Use the other flags to locate sentences with certain
  characteristics.

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

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands:  deroff(1), diction(1)