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1 Word Division When can I split word groups? When can I hyphenate at the end of a line?

2 Word Groups H Do not divide word groups that should stay together H President John H Greene H Sister Linda H Greene H Salt Lake City, H Utah

3 More H Pittsburgh, H Pennsylvania--These are Proper Nouns H Do not hyphenate Proper Nouns H January 10, H 1999 H Study Guide page 23 H three years old

4 When and Where H Never more than two in a row on a page H Never more than four on a page H Five characters per line at the end of the first line of a paragraph H Five characters per line on last full line H three characters per line in between

5 Hyphenating H at least three characters per line H NOT a- H long NOT e- H nough H BUt you can hyphenate re- H ly. because the period makes the 3d character.

6 More Hyphenation H ex ten u at ing cir cum stan ces H one syllable vowel--divide after H bene fit H extenu ating

7 H Words that already have hyphens H self-discipline mother-in-law H old-fashioned two-year-old boy H DIVIDE AT THE HYPHEN H That means use the hyphen that is already there for the hyphen you need to hyphenate the word.

8 Now You Try It H Turn to your study guide page 26


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