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DIVISION OF WORDS
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THREE systems, or attempts at system, for the division of words have been in use for many years, but it does not appear that any one has succeeded in securing the favor of all printers and The system most approved now authorizes the division of a word, when consistent with pronunciation, on the vowel at the end of the syllable.
THE VOWEL SYSTEM
This system can be applied safely to many long words, but its too rigid observance may lead the unthinking compositor to these unusual breaks:
- ca-pa-ci-ty
- cata-stro-phe
- lexi-co-gra-pher
- pre-fe-rence
- pro-gno-sti-cate
- re-co-gnize
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