Syllabification has SIX types, they are :
But the basic syllabifications are Mono-syllabic, Di-syllabic and Poly-syllabic.
Some times we must break a word at the end of a line. Avoid doing so whenever possible; expecially avoid breaking two successive lines. When breaking a word is unavoidable, mark the division with a hypen (made with one stroke on the typewriter[-]).
It is splitting of words according to the syllables or units of sounds or vowel sounds.
Examples
| leader | lead-er |
| countrymen | count-ry-men |
| rejoice | re-joice |
| universal | u-ni-ver-sal |
| survival | sur-vi-val |
Words having only one syllable.
Examples
| act | cat | book |
| slew | base | vile |
| oft | cause | crown |
| mourn | worse | fear |
| head | riot | sword |
| tongue | plot | steel |
| wish | one | school |
| break | rhythm | make |
| act | see | all |
| at | ball | bat |
| bet | sweep | life |
Words having only two syllables.
Examples
| cen-sure | sen-se | va-liant |
| in-terred | grie-vous | cae-sar |
| cap-tives | ran-soms | be-side |
| dec-tate | wo-men | cri-tic |
| in-stead | de-lay | a-gain |
| edu-cate | pro-gramme | van-quish |
| se-nate | de-bate | dor-mant |
| out-break | mo-ral | dir-rect |
| co-ward | en-ding | care-ful |
| de-vil | dia-mond | co-ward |
| sus-pect | deep-est | pur-pose |
Words having only three syllables.
Examples
| beau-ti-ful | to-mor-row | po-pu-lar |
| in-ten-tion | lu-per-vcal | |
| lu-per-cal | mu-ti-ny | le-ga-cy |
| tes-ta-ment | be-lo-ved | me-mo-ry |
| un-kind-ly | tes-ta-ment | |
| be-lo-ved | tri-um-virs | for-tu-nate |
| vic-to-ries | o-ra-tion | coun-try-men |
| be-ne-fit | as-sem-bly | con-si-der |
| e-le-ment | tra-di-tion | im-pli-cit |
| per-mi-ssion | ex-peri-ment | e-ffec-tive |
| in-jus-tice | com-pa-nion | ar-ma-ment |
Words having four or more syllables.
Examples
| in-tel-li-gent | in-i-ti-at-ve | per-so-ni-fi-ca-tion |
| fun-da-men-tal-ly | in-fe-ri-o-ri-ty | syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion |
Stressed and Unstressed
In English sentences content words are stressed while structural words are generally not.