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Wiktionary:Feedback Nov 4th 2011, 11:31 analysis: ← Older revision Revision as of 11:31, 4 November 2011 Line 2,149: Line 2,149: :::Also, I have the impression that British hyphenation is to some extent left up to the personal preferences of the writer. But in American English, hyphenation is either right or it's wrong. Bad hyphenation is like a misspelled word. [[User:Stephen G. Brown|—Stephen]] <sup>([[User talk:Stephen G. Brown|Talk]])</sup> 02:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC) :::Also, I have the impression that British hyphenation is to some extent left up to the personal preferences of the writer. But in American English, hyphenation is either right or it's wrong. Bad hyphenation is like a misspelled word. [[User:Stephen G. Brown|—Stephen]] <sup>([[User talk:Stephen G. Brown|Talk]])</sup> 02:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC) ::::British typographers also vary the space between characters (almost imperceptibly) to avoid hyphenation. The old "Wordstar" word processing software included this facility. Would American typographers really split the "a-" from "nalysis" with a hyphen at the end of a line? [[User:Dbfirs|''<font face="verdana"><font color="blue">D</font><font color="#00ccff">b</font><font color="#44ffcc">f</font><font color="66ff66">i</font><font color="44ee44">r</font><font color="44aa44">s</font></font>'']] 10:56, 4 November 2011 (UTC) ::::British typographers also vary the space between characters (almost imperceptibly) to avoid hyphenation. The old "Wordstar" word processing software included this facility. Would American typographers really split the "a-" from "nalysis" with a hyphen at the end of a line? [[User:Dbfirs|''<font face="verdana"><font color="blue">D</font><font color="#00ccff">b</font><font color="#44ffcc">f</font><font color="66ff66">i</font><font color="44ee44">r</font><font color="44aa44">s</font></font>'']] 10:56, 4 November 2011 (UTC)   + :::::No, they wouldn't. Merriam-Webster hyphenates it anal·y·sis, meaning it can be split either before the ''y'' or after it, but the ''a'' cannot be left alone on a line. Another use for hyphenation is in song lyrics, where each syllable is written under the (first) note it's sung on. If you were writing a song with the word ''analysis'' in it, the sheet music would have "a- nal- y- sis". —[[User:Angr|'''An''']][[User talk:Angr|''gr'']] 11:31, 4 November 2011 (UTC) == [[:don't look a gift horse in the mouth]] == == [[:don't look a gift horse in the mouth]] ==

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