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Question:
How do I hyphenate words that wrap onto two lines?
Answer:
If at all possible, avoid dividing words at the end of a line. However, when space is at a premium, word division at line breaks may be necessary. There are a number of accepted guidelines for word division, including those in The Canadian Style.
Here is a list of the essential points to remember about word division:
- Divide words between syllables (bas-ket, pic-ture).
- Avoid carrying over two-letter syllables to the next line (fully, not ful-ly).
- Do not divide words of one syllable.
- Refrain from dividing any word that will result in a single-letter syllable (again, not a-gain).
- Divide a word between the prefix and the following letter (re-location), or the root and the suffix (convert-ible).
- Divide between double consonants (equip-ping, not equipp-ing).
- Avoid breaks that may cause the reader to confuse one word with another (re-appear, not reap-pear).
- Divide compounds at the hyphen (court-martial, not court-mar-tial) or between elements (sail-boat).
- Do not divide abbreviations, contractions or numbers.
- Do not divide the last word on a page.
When in doubt, consult a reliable English language dictionary such as the Gage Canadian Dictionary or the Canadian Oxford Dictionary to see how to divide a word properly.
