can you do this?
experi-
enced
?
From what I recall, hyphenation occurs at the syllable.
ex•pe•ri•enced
hy•phen•ate (hī’fə-nāt’) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. hy•phen•at•ed, hy•phen•at•ing, hy•phen•ates
To divide or connect (syllables, word elements, or names) with a hyphen.
Ex-
perienced
Expe-
rienced
Experi-
enced
Should all be O.K.
Isn’t there a grammer guru that could answer this for us? Miss Ayerly?
So
exper-
ienced
Is a no, since that’s in the middle of a syllable?
With a word processor, you can justify the margins and (almost) never need the hyphen.
However, if you do use it, I would put
exper-
ienced
However,
Experi-
enced
is not wrong, but I think it is clumsier.
It depends on whether you see the preceding syllable as “pe” or “per” and whether you see the i and e as totally different sounds or as a dipthong.
There does not have to be a single correct answer.
thanks guys, as much as i hate hyphenating words, i have to on this one.
i think i will go with exper-ienced, has Mikefule EVER been wr-
ong??