home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- .\" @(#)rm0 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/22/86
- .\"
- .EH 'USD:32-%''Writing Tools - the STYLE and DICTION Programs'
- .OH 'Writing Tools - the STYLE and DICTION Programs''USD:32-%'
- .\".RP
- .\".TM 79-1271-13 39199 39199-11
- .TL
- Writing Tools - The STYLE and DICTION
- Programs
- .AU "MH 2C-516" 6067
- L. L. Cherry
- .AI
- .MH
- .AU
- W. Vesterman
- .AI
- Livingston College
- Rutgers University
- .OK
- \" readability
- .AB
- Text processing systems are now in heavy use in many companies
- to format documents.
- With many documents stored
- on line, it has become possible to use computers
- to study writing style itself and to help writers
- produce better written and more readable prose.
- The system of programs described here is an initial step
- toward such help.
- It includes programs and a data base designed
- to produce a stylistic profile of writing at the word and
- sentence level.
- The system measures read\%ability, sentence and word length,
- sentence type, word usage, and sentence openers.
- It also locates common examples of wordy phrasing and bad diction.
- The system is useful for evaluating a document's style,
- locating sentences that may be difficult to read or
- excessively wordy, and determining
- a particular writer's style over several documents.
- .AE
- .CS 11 4 15 1 2 12
-