A syllable is a sound uttered with one impulse of the breath. The
group of letters representing such a sound should never be separated
in dividing words; _e.g._, re-bel´ (verb), reb´-el (noun), pres´-ent
(noun), pre-sent´-ed. To divide a word into syllables, pronounce it
slowly and correctly, and note the natural division into sounds. In
writing, it is preferable to put the whole word _on one line_. When
this cannot well be done, that part of the word left at the end of
one line should suggest the part beginning the next line; _e.g._,
_happiness_ should be divided--_happi-ness_, not _hap-piness_.