10 CHAPTER II.ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE Sentences violating this rule are often ludicrous. Being in a dilapidated condition,I was able to buy the house very cheap. 8.Divide words at line-ends,in accordance with their formation and pronunciation If there is room at the end of a line for one or more syllables of a word,but not for the whole word,divide the word,unless this involves cutting off only a single letter,or cutting off only two letters of a long word.No hard and fast rule for all words can be laid down.The principles most frequently applicable are: A.Divide the word according to its formation: know-ledge(not knowl-edge) Shake-speare(not Shakes-peare) de-scribe (not des-cribe) atmo-sphere (not atmos-phere) B.Divide“on the vowel::” edi-ble (not ed-ible) propo-sition ordi-nary espe-cial reli-gious oppo-nents classi-fi-ca-tion (three divi- regu-lar sions possible) deco-rative presi-dent C.Divide between double letters,unless they come at the end of the simple form of the word: Apen-nines Cincin-nati refer-ring tell-ing The treatment of consonants in combination is best shown from examples:10 CHAPTER II. ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE Sentences violating this rule are often ludicrous. Being in a dilapidated condition, I was able to buy the house very cheap. 8. Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation and pronunciation If there is room at the end of a line for one or more syllables of a word, but not for the whole word, divide the word, unless this involves cutting off only a single letter, or cutting off only two letters of a long word. No hard and fast rule for all words can be laid down. The principles most frequently applicable are: A. Divide the word according to its formation: know-ledge (not knowl-edge) Shake-speare (not Shakes-peare) de-scribe (not des-cribe) atmo-sphere (not atmos-phere) B. Divide “on the vowel:” edi-ble (not ed-ible) propo-sition ordi-nary espe-cial reli-gious oppo-nents regu-lar classi-fi-ca-tion (three divi￾sions possible) deco-rative presi-dent C. Divide between double letters, unless they come at the end of the simple form of the word: Apen-nines Cincin-nati refer-ring tell-ing The treatment of consonants in combination is best shown from examples: