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97 lines
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.TH SPELL 1
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.SH NAME
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spell, sprog \- find spelling errors
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B spell
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[
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.I options
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]
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\&...
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[
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.I file
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]
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\&...
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.PP
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.B aux/sprog
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[
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.I options
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]
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[
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.B -f
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.I file
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Spell
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looks up words from the named
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.I files
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(standard input default)
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in a spelling list and places
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possible misspellings\(emwords
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not sanctioned there\(emon the standard output.
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.PP
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.I Spell
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ignores constructs of
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.IR troff (1)
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and its standard preprocessors.
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It understands these options:
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.TP
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.B -b
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Check British spelling.
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.TP
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.B -v
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Print all words not literally in the spelling list, with
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derivations.
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.TP
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.B -x
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Print on standard error, marked with
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.LR = ,
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every stem as it is looked up in the spelling list,
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along with its affix classes.
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.PP
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As a matter of policy,
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.I spell
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does not admit multiple spellings of the same word.
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Variants that follow general rules are preferred
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over those that don't, even when the unruly spelling is
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more common.
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Thus, in American usage, `modelled', `sizeable', and `judgment' are
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rejected in favor of `modeled', `sizable', and `judgement'.
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Agglutinated variants are shunned: `crewmember' and `backyard'
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cede to `crew member' and `back yard' (noun) or `back-yard'
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(adjective).
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.SH FILES
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.TF \fL/sys/lib/brspell
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.TP
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.B /sys/lib/amspell
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American spelling list
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.TP
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.B /sys/lib/brspell
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British spelling list
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.TP
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.B /bin/aux/sprog
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The actual spelling checker.
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It expects one word per line on standard input,
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and takes the same arguments as
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.IR spell .
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.SH SOURCE
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.TF /sys/src/cmd/spell
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.TP
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.B /rc/bin/spell
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the script
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.TP
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.B /sys/src/cmd/spell
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source for
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.I sprog
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IR deroff (1)
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.SH BUGS
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The heuristics of
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.IR deroff (1)
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used to excise formatting information are imperfect.
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.PP
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The spelling list's coverage is uneven;
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in particular biology, medicine, and chemistry, and
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perforce proper names,
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not to mention languages other than English,
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are covered very lightly.
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