Word Division

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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