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3. Combinations of consonants forming digraphs are never divided.
Examples: ng, th, ph.
4. Double consonants are divided. Examples: _Run-ning, drop-ped_
(if absolutely necessary to divide this word), _sum-mer_.
5. Two or more consonants, unless they are so united as to form
digraphs or fixed groups, are usually divided according to
pronunciation. Examples: _pen-sive, sin-gle_ (here the _n_ has the _ng_
nasal sound, and the _g_ is connected with the _l_), _doc-tor,
con-ster-nation, ex-am.-ple, sub-st an-tive_.
6. A vowel sounded long should as a rule close the syllable, except at
the end of a word. Examples: _na'-tion_ (we must also write
_na'-tion-al,_ because _tion_ cannot be divided), _di-men'-sion,
deter'min-ate, con-no-ta'-tion_.
Miscellaneous examples: _ex-haust'-ive, pre-par'a-tive,
sen-si-bil'-i-ty, joc'-u-lar-y, pol-y-phon'-ic, op-po'-nent_.
CHAPTER IV.
PRONUNCIATION.
This chapter is designed to serve two practical objects:
First, to aid in the correction and improvement of the pronunciation of
everyday English; second, to give hints that will guide a reader to a
ready and substantially correct pronunciation of strange words and names
that may occasionally be met with.
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