Question

In which sentence does the hyphen correctly divide a word? A. Samantha enjoys reading about p- olitics. B. Samantha enjoys reading about politi- cs. C. Samantha enjoys reading about pol- itics.

Answer 1

When you need to divide a word, you have to divide it where the syllables break.

In politics, there are 3 syllables

pol - i - tics

C. Samantha enjoys reading about pol -itics.

A and B, the breaks are not in the right place.

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