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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Syllabification

Hi everybody. How can I learn to decide on a word syllabification? I need some simple source of study. Thanks in advance.
  

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That depends on whether you are asking for spoken or written syllabification. Spoken is fairly easily. Just pronounce the words, and you should be able to catch the syllables.

  • That depends on whether you are asking for spoken or written syllabification.
  • Spoken is fairly easily.
  • Just pronounce the words, and you should be able to catch the syllables.
  • Written is more difficult.
  • I have never learnt how to separate the syllables of the words in English (and, in fact, I was planning on asking that here soon).
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That depends on whether you are asking for spoken or written syllabification.

Spoken is fairly easily. Just pronounce the words, and you should be able to catch the syllables.

Written is more difficult. I have never learnt how to separate the syllables of the words in English (and, in fact, I was planning on asking that here soon). But many good dictionaries indicate how you can
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AnonymousHow can I learn to decide on a word syllabification?
Always check a dictionary.

CJ

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