Hela Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
segmentation of syllables
Dear teachers,
Is there a rule which explains how one should segment syllables?
For example I thought that "lateral, easily, reliability, laboratory" were divided this way :
la/te/ral
ea/si/ly
re/li/a/bi/li/ty
la/bo/ra/to/ry
but they seem to be segmented this way, why?
lat/er/al
eas/i/ly
re/li/a/bil/i/ty
lab/o/ra/to/ry
Have you got other tricky exemples, please?
How would you devide the follwing:
"a ttri bu te" or "at tri bu te" ? "a ffect" oru "af fect" ? "a pplause" or "ap plause" ?
"a ppeal" or "ap peal" ? etc.
Thank you very much for your help.
Hela
Is there a rule which explains how one should segment syllables?
For example I thought that "lateral, easily, reliability, laboratory" were divided this way :
la/te/ral
ea/si/ly
re/li/a/bi/li/ty
la/bo/ra/to/ry
but they seem to be segmented this way, why?
lat/er/al
eas/i/ly
re/li/a/bil/i/ty
lab/o/ra/to/ry
Have you got other tricky exemples, please?
How would you devide the follwing:
"a ttri bu te" or "at tri bu te" ? "a ffect" oru "af fect" ? "a pplause" or "ap plause" ?
"a ppeal" or "ap peal" ? etc.
Thank you very much for your help.
Hela
Top answer
0 Every dictionary shows you how words are divided up into syllables. 02 br 02 br 00 The rule is to follow the dictionary. 05 0 00 The dictionary divides them based on proper pronunciation.
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0 Every dictionary shows you how words are divided up into syllables. That is your one-stop place for all syllable questions. 02 br
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00 The rule is to follow the dictionary. 05 0 00 The dictionary divides them based on proper pronunciation. I guess you'd have to be a native speaker to understand...I really don't know how to explain; it's just something that I know just b
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00 The rule is to follow the dictionary. 05 0 00 The dictionary divides them based on proper pronunciation. I guess you'd have to be a native speaker to understand...I really don't know how to explain; it's just something that I know just b
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