.DIC syntax

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cornelius1729

Words in the standard dictionaries are given a code to show its allowed
endings. For example, from the British English dictionary en_GB.dic, accost
is recorded as:
accost/DSG

In this case the codes aren't too hard to work out - 'D' means accosted is
allowed, 'S' means accosts is allowed and 'G' means accosting is allowed.

Some cases are less clear, but I can't find any documentation to explain all
the codes. Does anyone know where to find a full list of the syntax? It
would be really useful to tidy up my custom.dic file.
 
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Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Cornelius,

You may want to use the link below to also post this in the Word Spelling/Grammar (Proofing tools) discussion group.

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Words in the standard dictionaries are given a code to show its allowed
endings. For example, from the British English dictionary en_GB.dic, accost
is recorded as:
accost/DSG

In this case the codes aren't too hard to work out - 'D' means accosted is
allowed, 'S' means accosts is allowed and 'G' means accosting is allowed.

Some cases are less clear, but I can't find any documentation to explain all
the codes. Does anyone know where to find a full list of the syntax? It
would be really useful to tidy up my custom.dic file. <<
--
Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP
*courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.word.spelling.grammar

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com
 
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cornelius1729

Thanks Bob! I should really have looked more thoroughly at the list of
groups before posting.

I've now reposted in the spelling and grammar group (moderators: feel free
to remove this thread).
 
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