hyphenation question

Edward M Dumanis dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU
Tue Jul 18 03:48:07 UTC 2006


Actually, talking about the auditory break, the very first "v" in this
word is silent.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

> 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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