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hyphenation
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hyphenation

Breaking words that extend beyond the right margin. Software hyphenates words by matching them against a hyphenation dictionary or by using a built-in set of rules, or both. See discretionary hyphen.



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He has also published To Hyphenate or not to Hyphenate (1991); A Semiotic of Ethnicity: In (Re)cognition of the Italian/American Writer (1998); and Italian/American Short Films & Music Videos: A Semiotic Reading (2002).
If she wants to stop feeling weird and start being more productive as a hyphenate, she has to take two major steps.
Hyphenate only if used colloquially as an adjective: He is an all-right guy.
 
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