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ORTHOGRAPHY-SYLLABLES. 13
DIVISION OF WORDS I~TO SYLLABLES.
42. The division of words into syllables is called 8yllabication.
GE:a:UAL ltl'LE.
43. Place tog~ther in distinct syllabll's, th .. "" ld{urs which make up
the separate parts or divisions of II word, ns hellrd in its COlTtct pronun·
ciatioll.
44. The only definite rnle, "f much Volllle on thi, -ul,.i"d. are the {ol­
lowing:-
45. Rule 1. Two or mure COllsonants forming but one elementary souud.
are never separated; sllch as, ch, tch, th, sh, IIg, ph, wh, gh silent, or sound·
ing f, lk sounding k, &c.; as, church-es, watch-", /I'or-thy, fish-e8, sing-il/g,
philoso-phy, sigh.ing, co ugh. ing, walk-ing.
46. Rule 2. The terminations, eean, cian, ceou." cious, cial, tiOIl, tiuu .• ,
tial, geon, gian, geous, sion, are hardly ever divided; ag, o-ceall, gra-cious,
na tion, coura-geous, &c.
47. Rule 8. Compound words arc dividcd into theil' simple one,;; as,
rail-road, bee-hive, hope-less, thank-ful, &c.
48. Rule 4. The terminations of words, wheu tbey form II b) liable, nre
/usually separated from their roots; as, writ-er, teach-es, think-iii£;, cold-er.
old-est.
49. Two separate words combined as one name, arc usually ~eparnted
by a hyphen; as, rail-road, glass-house, bee-hive.
50. In writing, a 'Word of more than one syllable may be diviJedat. the
end of a line, but a monosyllable or a syllable, never.
SPELLING.
51. SPELLING is the art of expressing a word by its
proper letters.
52. The Orthograpby of the English language is so anomalous, and in
many cases arbitrary, that proficiency in it can be acquired only by practioe,
and the use of the spelling·book or dictionary. Tbe follo\"iog lules
ar~ of a general oharacter, though even to these tbere may be a few
exceptions :-