NAME¶
anorack - “a” vs “an” checker
SYNOPSIS¶
anorack [option...] [file...]
DESCRIPTION¶
The English language has two indefinite articles:
- a: used before words that begin with a consonant sound (e.g., a
program, a host, a user);
- an: used before words that begin with a vowel sound (e.g., an
example, an hour, an undefined variable).
anorack is a specialized spell-checker that finds incorrect
indefinite articles.
OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- Show the help message and exit.
- --version
- Show the program's version information and exit.
- --ipa
- Print phonemes using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) instead of
ASCII phoneme mnemonics.
EXAMPLE¶
$ cat test
a Ubuntu user
a 8-byte word
an username
$ anorack test
test:1: a Ubuntu -> an Ubuntu /u:b'u:ntu:/
test:2: a 8 -> an 8 /'eIt/
test:3: an username -> a username /j'u:z3n,eIm/
