Overview

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:

$ 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/

Prerequisites

• Python ≥ 3.2
• eSpeak NG or eSpeak ≥ 1.47.08

Installation

You can use anorack without installing it, straight out of unpacked source tarball or a VCS checkout.

It's also possible to install it system-wide with:

# make install

By default, make install installs the package to /usr/local. You can specify a different installation prefix by setting the PREFIX variable, e.g.:

$ make install PREFIX="$HOME/.local"