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Hyphenation for “than”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “than”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "than" 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 “than” 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: „than“ ⟶ „than“.

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 "than"

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Definition: [conjunction] used to introduce the second element in a comparison.
Example: they go out less than they did when they first moved to Paris

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Definition: [conjunction] used in expressions introducing an exception or contrast.
Example: they observe rather than act

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Definition: [conjunction] used in expressions indicating one thing happening immediately after another.
Example: scarcely was the work completed than it was abandoned

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Definition: [preposition] introducing the second element in a comparison.
Example: he was much smaller than his son

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Definition: [preposition] apart from; except.
Example: he claims not to own anything other than his home

Synonyms of "than"