Example sentences for: hyphenation

How can you use “hyphenation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • No comment is made about differences in hyphenation that result from differences or variants in pronunciation.

  • Spelling and conventional hyphenation can be linked; while I noted not so much as a single typographical error in this book, I saw once again confirmation of the encroaching ignorance of those who write automatic hyphenation programs for computers, presumably employed in the production of the work: the oft-repeated word English, properly hyphenated Eng-lish, has been made to conform to the other words having -ng- at a syllable break by appearing as Eng-lish throughout.

  • Today, compositors rely far too much on the automatic hyphenation programs packaged with their computer typesetting systems.

  • The review of the new Random House Webster Dictionary [ XVIII, 1] gave space to the matter of inconsistent hyphenation, which I appreciated, and I also agreed with the reviewer's comments regarding the admittance of so-called naughty bits into the dictionary.

  • My only cavil is with the compositor's (editor's, and proofreader's) apparent ignorance of the accepted hyphenation of the word English : after, not before the -g-.


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