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Hyphenation for “of”

Showing how to split the syllables of “of”.

What is the correct hyphenation for “of”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "of" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “of” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „of“ ⟶ „of“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "of"

of >> ɒv

Definition: [preposition] expressing the relationship between a part and a whole.

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Definition: [preposition] expressing the relationship between a scale or measure and a value.
Example: an increase of 5%

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Definition: [preposition] indicating an association between two entities, typically one of belonging, in which the first is the head of the phrase and the second is something associated with it.
Example: the son of a friend

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Definition: [preposition] expressing the relationship between a direction and a point of reference.
Example: north of Watford

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Definition: [preposition] expressing the relationship between a general category or type and the thing being specified which belongs to such a category.
Example: the city of Prague

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Definition: [preposition] following a noun derived from or related to a verb.

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Definition: [preposition] where the head of the phrase is a predicative adjective.
Example: it was kind of you to ask

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Definition: [preposition] indicating the relationship between a verb and an indirect object.

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Definition: [preposition] indicating the material or substance constituting something.
Example: the house was built of bricks

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Definition: [preposition] expressing time in relation to the following hour.
Example: it would be just a quarter of three in New York

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