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english - flag format for English ispell dictionariesDESCRIPTION¶
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 "variables" that can stand for any letter. Upper case letters are constants. "..." stands for any string of zero or more letters, but note that no word may exist in the dictionary which is not at least 2 letters long, so, for example, "fly" may not be produced by placing the "Y" flag on "f". Also, no flag is effective unless the word that it creates is at least 4 letters long, so, for example, "wed" may not be produced by placing the "D" flag on "we". 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
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... --> re... as in cover --> recover
- *I
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... --> in... as in firm --> infirm
- *U
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... --> un... as in able --> unable
- V
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...e --> ...ive as in create --> creative
- *N
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...e --> ...ion as in create --> creation
- *X
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...e --> ...ions as in create --> creations
- H
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...y --> ...ieth as in twenty --> twentieth
- *Y
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...y --> ..ily as in messy --> messily
- *G
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...e --> ...ing as in file --> filing
- *J
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...e --> ...ings as in file --> filings
- *D
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...e --> ...ed as in create --> created
- T
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...e --> ...est as in late --> latest
- *R
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...e --> ...er as in skate --> skater
- *Z
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...e --> ...ers as in skate --> skaters
- *S
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if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y --> ...@ies as in imply --> implies
- P
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if @ .ne. a, e, i, o, or u, ...@y --> ...@iness as in cloudy --> cloudiness
- *M
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... --> ...'s as in dog --> dog's
*A - re *I - in *U - un
V - ive *N - ion, tion, en *X - ions, ications, ens H - th, ieth *Y - ly, ily *G - ing *J - ings *D - ed T - est *R - er *Z - ers *S - s, es, ies *P - ness, iness *M - 's