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Title: Division of Words
Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with
Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation

Author: Frederick W. Hamilton

Release Date: November 6, 2005 [EBook #17016]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Note:

1. Some examples which appear not to follow the preceding guideline are
printed thus in the original book. It looks as if sometimes the guideline
is mistaken.

2. Italicized text is rendered as _text_, bold text is rendered as =text=.

3. Accented syllables are marked with a single quote (').

4. This book uses several diacritical marks for phonetics, the table below
lists the codings used: (the "x" represents a character with a diacritical
mark)

Diacritical mark Above Below

Macron (straight line) [=x] [x=]
2 dots (diaeresis, umlaut) [:x] [x:]
Breve (u-shaped symbol) [)x] [x)]
Tilde [~x] [x~]
Small capital I [Ix]

TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES--PART VI. NO. 35

DIVISION OF
WORDS

RULES FOR THE DIVISION OF WORDS AT
THE ENDS OF LINES, WITH REMARKS
ON SPELLING, SYLLABICATION
AND PRONUNCIATION

BY

FREDERICK W. HAMILTON, LL.D.

EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA

PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
1918

COPYRIGHT, 1918
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
CHICAGO, ILL.

PREFACE

The principal purpose of this book is to give in brief form the rules and
usages governing the division of words when the measure will not permit
ending the word and the line together. This matter is considered in its
relation to good spacing and to the legibility of the printed page.

Leading up to the discussion will be found some consideration of spelling,
the formation of syllables, pronun