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Word Division When can I split word groups? When can I hyphenate at the end of a line?
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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More Hyphenation H ex ten u at ing cir cum stan ces H one syllable vowel--divide after H bene fit H extenu ating
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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.
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Now You Try It H Turn to your study guide page 26
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