End-of-line division
End-of-line division
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Is there a general rule for putting a hyphen at the end of a line to divide a word on writing ?
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RE: End-of-line division
A 'non-breaking' hyphen is used more as a control character which prevents a hyphenated word from being spread over 2 lines. Kind of the opposite of inserting a line break.
Google on hard soft hyphen for more detailed explanations.
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DaveAtkins
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1.) Always divide between syllables.
2.) The word segment starting the next line should be at least two syllables. This means can't do two-syllable words. Three syllable minimum.
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http://archive.idrc.ca/books/edit/sg10e.html#break
has a really nice thorough set of guidelines.
Hg
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It also bugs me that this is the default condition in some software.... and not just Big Bill's but in Seraph publisher also... that, and "Times New Roman" (I know, there are reaosns for this as there are for everything, but I like to be an individual sometmes and whatever the reason, I absolutely loathe TNR).
Of course, I have written "autohyphenate" and one of the advantages of not using spellcecker is that it doesn't nag me to insert a hyphen into such words.
"Flowmeter" to me is one word; to Big Bill it is either two or I should hyphenate. "Pipework" is another.
By now you will recognise that this is partly due to my own ignorance of the use of the hyphen.. (I don't remember, wsas this covered in "Eats, Shoots and Leaves"?) so if anyone can clarify its use for word structures that do not break the end of the line, please illuminate away.
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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What a difference swapping "the" for "that" made.
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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I prefer Arial, myself.
DaveAtkins
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JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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As regards TNR, I don't particularly like it either. I see it as being fine for literary applications or sales pitches. But - just my opinion here - it's suspiciously too "pretty" for use in engineering communications, calculations, or reports that aren't likely to be looked at more than twice in any five year period after being filed. Arial is much closer in appearance to neat hand lettering; nobody in their right mind would attempt to hand-letter anything serious in TNR.
Norm
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But making it "prettier" or "fancier" than necessary hints that too much thought or priority may have been given to the physical appearance of the text relative to its content. I expect that in a sales brochure or on a web page, along with the implication that I'm not being told everything. Not characteristics that I care to associate with engineering.
Norm
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i keep 3 style guides at arms-reach.
the chicago manual of style, strunk and white's elements of style, and the associated press' guide to punctuation. you can get all three by way of amazon (used) for around $50.
learn to fish for yourself.
h.
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Norm
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