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Division of Words - Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Frederick William Hamilton
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_inimi-cal_

XII In derivatives of words ending in _-t_, the division follows the
accent.

_objec-tion_, not _object-ion_, _defec-tion_, not _defect-ion_, but
_respec-tively_, not _respect-ively_ and _distinc-tion_, not
_distinct-ion_.

XIII Never separate _c_ and _g_ from the vowels _e_, _i_, and _y_ upon
which their soft sound depends.

_re-li-gion_
_ca-pa-ci-ty_

XIV Never separate _q_ from _u_, _qu_ is a single sound.

XV Do not divide _nothing_.

XVI Do not divide words of four letters.

XVII Do not divide words of five or six letters if it can be avoided. Good
spacing, however, must be considered of first importance.

XVIII In wide measures (20 ems or more) do not divide so as to end or begin
a line with a syllable of two letters. Here again, however, good spacing is
the first consideration.

XIX Do not divide words of two syllables pronounced as one, including past
participles of short words.
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