Question

In which sentence does the hyphen correctly divide a word?


A.


The forest was preserved with the help of the conservat-
ion committee.


B.


The forest was preserved with the help of the conser-
vation committee.


C.


The forest was preserved with the help of the conserv-
ation committee.

Answer 1

con-ser-va-tion

Answer 2

All syl-la-bles must be-gin with a con-so-nant ex-cept when it's the first syl-la-ble of a word

Answer 3

The fo-rest was pre-ser-ved with the help of the con-ser-va-tion com-mit-tee.

Answer 4

In case of con-so-nant clus-ters, put the hy-phen after the first con-so-nant of the clus-ter (ph and ch and sh and th count as one con-so-nant)