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Old 25-Feb-2004, 17:24
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Does anyone know of any online dictionary that also shows where words can be hyphenated?

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Does anyone know of any online dictionary that also shows where words can be hyphenated?

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Richi
The online Merriam-Webster dictionary shows End-of-Line division:

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The centered dots within entry words indicate division points at which a hyphen may be put at the end of a line of print or writing. Thus the noun pos·si·bil·i·ty may be ended on one line with:

pos-
possi-
possibil-
possibili-

and continued on the next with:

sibility
bility
ity
ty

From: http://www.m-w.com/help/dictnotes/entries.htm
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