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1 perry 1 ENGLISH
2 !!!ENGLISH
3 NAME
4 DESCRIPTION
5 SEE ALSO
6 ----
7 !!NAME
8
9
10 english - flag format for English ''ispell'' dictionaries
11 !!DESCRIPTION
12
13
14 English dictionaries for ispell(1) supports 3 prefix
15 and 14 suffix flags. For a detailed description of how
16 ''ispell'' handles flags and capitalization, see
17 ispell(5). This manual page only describes flags
18 usable in dictionaries built using the ''english.aff''
19 affix file.
20
21
22 In the following discussion of the flags, let # and @ be
23
24
25 In the following list, an asterisk indicates that a flag
26 participates in cross-product formation (see
27 ispell(5)).
28
29
30 The meaning of the prefix flags is as follows:
31
32
33 *A
34
35
36 ... --
37
38
39 *I
40
41
42 ... --
43
44
45 *U
46
47
48 ... --
49
50
51 The meaning of the suffix flags is as follows:
52
53
54 V
55
56
57 ...e --
58
59
60 if # .ne. e, ...# --
61
62
63 *N
64
65
66 ...e --
67
68
69 ...y --
70
71
72 if # .ne. e or y, ...# --
73
74
75 *X
76
77
78 ...e --
79
80
81 ...y --
82
83
84 if # .ne. e or y, ...# --
85
86
87 H
88
89
90 ...y --
91
92
93 if # .ne. y, ...# --
94
95
96 *Y
97
98
99 ... --
100
101
102 *G
103
104
105 ...e --
106
107
108 if # .ne. e, ...# --
109
110
111 *J
112
113
114 ...e --
115
116
117 if # .ne. e, ...# --
118
119
120 *D
121
122
123 ...e --
124
125
126 if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y --
127
128
129 if # .ne. e or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@#
130 --
131
132
133 T
134
135
136 ...e --
137
138
139 if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y --
140
141
142 if # .ne. e or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@#
143 --
144
145
146 *R
147
148
149 ...e --
150
151
152 if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y --
153
154
155 if # .ne. e or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@#
156 --
157
158
159 *Z
160
161
162 ...e --
163
164
165 if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y --
166
167
168 if # .ne. e or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or u) ...@#
169 --
170
171
172 *S
173
174
175 if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y --
176
177
178 if # .eq. s, x, z, or h, ...# --
179
180
181 if # .ne. s, x, z, h, or y, or (# = y and @ = a, e, i, o, or
182 u) ...@# --
183
184
185 if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y --
186
187
188 if # .ne. y, or @ = a, e, i, o, or u, ...@# --
189
190
191 *M
192
193
194 ... --
195
196
197 To summarize more briefly:
198
199
200 Prefixes:
201
202
203 *A - re
204 *I - in
205 *U - un
206
207
208 Suffixes:
209
210
211 V - ive
212 *N - ion, tion, en
213 *X - ions, ications, ens
214 H - th, ieth
215 *Y - ly
216 *G - ing
217 *J - ings
218 *D - ed
219 T - est
220 *R - er
221 *Z - ers
222 *S - s, es, ies
223 *P - ness, iness
224 *M - 's
225 !!SEE ALSO
226
227
228 ispell(1), ispell(5)
229 ----
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