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In which sentence does the hyphen correctly divide a word?

a. My little brother laughed at the puppet show.
b. My little brother laughed at the puppet show.
c. My little brother laughed at the puppet show.

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Assume that the word that is divided is "puppet."
The proper syllabication of the word puppet is this one -- pup - pet.
So, "My little brother laughed at the pup-pet show."
Proper hyphenation is done via syllable by syllable.
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