There is also GNU style and GNU diction: https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/ https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/ ; cat <<EOF >/tmp/testfile Diction and st

There is also GNU style and GNU diction: https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/ https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/ ; cat <<EOF >/tmp/testfile Diction and style are two old standard Unix commands. Diction identifies wordy and commonly misused phrases. Style analyses surface characteristics of a document, including sentence length and other readability measures. These programs cannot help you structure a document well, but they can help to avoid poor wording and compare the readability (not the understandability!) of your documents with others. Both commands support English and German documents. EOF ; LANG=C diction --lang en --suggest /tmp/testfile /tmp/testfile:2: These programs cannot help you structure a document well, but [they -> (do not use as substitute for "each, each one, everybody, every one, anybody, any one, somebody, some one")] [can -> (do not confuse with "may")] help to avoid poor wording and [compare -> "Compare" to points out resemblances, "compare with" points out differences.] the readability (not the understandability!) of your documents with others. 3 phrases in 5 sentences found.