hyphenation question

Paul B. Gallagher paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM
Tue Jul 18 03:33:37 UTC 2006


Svetlana Grenier wrote:

> I think it can be hyphenated like this:
> 
>> chuvst-vi-tel'-no

I've seen this kind of hyphenation, but my understanding was that 
chuv-STvi-tel'-no would be preferable because it's generally better to 
attach consonants to the following syllable when possible, and also 
because that's where the auditory syllable break occurs.

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