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ENGLISH !!!ENGLISH NAME DESCRIPTION SEE ALSO ---- !!NAME english - flag format for English ''ispell'' dictionaries !!DESCRIPTION English dictionaries for ispell(1) supports 3 prefix and 14 suffix flags. For a detailed description of how ''ispell'' handles flags and capitalization, see ispell(5). This manual page only describes flags usable in dictionaries built using the ''english.aff'' affix file. In the following discussion of the flags, let # and @ be In the following list, an asterisk indicates that a flag participates in cross-product formation (see ispell(5)). The meaning of the prefix flags is as follows: *A ... -- *I ... -- *U ... -- The meaning of the suffix flags is as follows: V ...e -- if # .ne. e, ...# -- *N ...e -- ...y -- if # .ne. e or y, ...# -- *X ...e -- ...y -- if # .ne. e or y, ...# -- H ...y -- if # .ne. y, ...# -- *Y ... -- *G ...e -- if # .ne. e, ...# -- *J ...e -- if # .ne. e, ...# -- *D ...e -- if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y -- if # .ne. e or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@# -- T ...e -- if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y -- if # .ne. e or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@# -- *R ...e -- if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y -- if # .ne. e or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@# -- *Z ...e -- if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y -- if # .ne. e or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@# -- *S if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y -- if # .eq. s, x, z, or h, ...# -- if # .ne. s, x, z, h, or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@# -- if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y -- if # .ne. y, or @ = a, e, i, o, or u, ...@# -- *M ... -- To summarize more briefly: Prefixes: *A - re *I - in *U - un Suffixes: V - ive *N - ion, tion, en *X - ions, ications, ens H - th, ieth *Y - ly *G - ing *J - ings *D - ed T - est *R - er *Z - ers *S - s, es, ies *P - ness, iness *M - 's !!SEE ALSO ispell(1), ispell(5) ----
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