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Correct hyphenation for respectively

Can someone tell me what the correct hyphenation for the word "respectively" is?
  

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[/nq] It's not hyphenated. John Hall Weep not for little Leonie Abducted by a French Marquis! Though loss of honour was a wrench Just think how it's improved her French.

  • [/nq] It's not hyphenated.
  • John Hall Weep not for little Leonie Abducted by a French Marquis!
  • Though loss of honour was a wrench Just think how it's improved her French.
  • Harry Graham (1874-1936)
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[nq:1]Can someone tell me what the correct hyphenation for the word "respectively" is?[/nq]
It's not hyphenated.

John Hall Weep not for little Leonie
Abducted by a French Marquis!
Though loss of honour was a wrench
Just think how it's improved her French. Harry Graham (1874-1936)
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[nq:2]Can someone tell me what the correct hyphenation for the word "respectively" is?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's not hyphenated.[/nq]
I assumed that the question was about where to break and hyphenate the word at the end of a line.
There are, to my mind, two places where it could be hyphenated: "res-pect-ively".

Peter Duncanson
UK
(posting from u.c.l.e)
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[nq:1]There are, to my mind, two places where it could be hyphenated: "res-pect-ively".[/nq]
Sorry I meant to type: "re-spect-ively".

Peter Duncanson
UK
(posting from u.c.l.e)
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[nq:2]There are, to my mind, two places where it could be hyphenated: "res-pect-ively".[/nq]
[nq:1]Sorry I meant to type: "re-spect-ively".[/nq]
How about "respective-ly"?

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[nq:2]There are, to my mind, two places where it could be hyphenated: "res-pect-ively".[/nq]
[nq:1]Sorry I meant to type: "re-spect-ively".[/nq]
I read Lynn Truss' (or less common now, Truss's) book last year, the best seller with the Panda on the cover.
If she did, I don't recall her discussing any rules for hyphenation, and if she did, I'd expect such rules to be based on syllable/ph
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[nq:1]I read Lynn Truss' (or less common now, Truss's) book last year, the best seller with the Panda on the ... if she did, I'd expect such rules to be based on syllable/phonetics, but I'd also think that dictionaries may vary.[/nq]
I'm not sure whether the reported appearances of "leg-end" and "the-rapist" in pieces of text are genuine.

John Hall
"I am not young enough to know e
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[nq:2]I read Lynn Truss' (or less common now, Truss's) book ... on syllable/phonetics, but I'd also think that dictionaries may vary.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not sure whether the reported appearances of "leg-end" and "the-rapist" in pieces of text are genuine.[/nq]
Sorry, John, I don't follow. Who's text do you refer to?

Best,
Erick Andrews
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[nq:1]Sorry, John, I don't follow. Who's text do you refer to?[/nq]
Nobody's in particular. The story goes that the unfortunate instances of hyphenation that I described have actually appeared in print, without specific instances being given. (Or if specific instances were given, then I can't remember what theyb were.)

John Hall
"I am not young enough to know everything."
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[nq:1]Sorry, John, I don't follow. Who's text do you refer to?[/nq]
Whose text?

John Briggs
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[nq:2]Sorry, John, I don't follow. Who's text do you refer to?[/nq]
[nq:1]Whose text?[/nq]
Thnaks for the correction.

Best,
Erick Andrews
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