Hyphenating memberi maksud menyengkang. Sebagai contoh, perkataan convenient dan expensive di bawah telah disengkang:
- Most teachers requested for a more conven-
ient time for the event. - The shirt that you bought for me is very ex-
pensive.
- green = 1 syllable = green
- cat = 1 syllable = cat
- quiet = 2 syllable = qui.et
- orange = 2 syllable = or.ange
- table = 2 syllable = ta.ble
- convenient = 3 syllable = con.ven.ient
- expensive = 3 syllable = ex.pen.sive
- interesting = 4 syllable = in.ter.est.ing
- reality = 4 syllable = re.al.i.ty
- unexceptional = 5 syllable = un.ex.cep.tion.al
- unconquerable = 5 syllable = un.con.quer.a.ble
- Sesuatu perkataan hanya boleh disengkang diantara syllable.
- Perkataan yang mempunyai hanya satu syllable tidak boleh disengkang.
- Rujuk kepada kamus untuk mengetahui setiap syllable yang terdapat dalam sesuatu perkataan.