Question

Why shouldn't the word about be divided by a hyphen?



A.
Never divide a one-syllable word.


B.
Do not divide a word after the first letter or before the last letter.

Answer 1

Well I ha-ven't actually studied the rules of English hyphenation, but the German hyphenation instead, so I may not be able to help you :P

Answer 2

i thnk a

Answer 3

Break words at morpheme boundaries (inter-face).
Break words between doubled consonants (bat-tle).
Never separate an English digraph (e.g., th, ch, sh, ph, gh, ng, qu) when pronounced as a single unit (au-thor but out-house).
Never break a word before a string of consonants that cannot begin a word in English (jinx-ing and not jin-xing).
Never break a word after a short vowel in an accented syllable (rap-id but stu-pid).

Answer 4

From http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/385/what-are-the-rules-for-splitting-words-at-the-end-of-a-line

Answer 5

And A can't be true because a.bout has two syllables

Answer 6

Therefore it should be B

Answer 7

You're in US or UK? US and UK have different hyphenation rules

Answer 8

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/about?show=0&t=1395129301

Answer 9

This dictionary shows hyphenation

Answer 10

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservation

Answer 11

con·ser·va·tion noun \ˌkän(t)-sər-ˈvā-shən\
: the protection of animals, plants, and natural resources

: the careful use of natural resources (such as trees, oil, etc.) to prevent them from being lost or wasted

: the things that are done to keep works of art or things of historical importance in good condition

Answer 12

Note the "con·ser·va·tion"