Question

Choose the answer that shows how the word articulate would be hyphenated if it had to be divided at the end of a line. Group of answer choices artic-ulate arti-culate articul-ate

Answer 1

Answer:

Arti-culate.

Explanation:

Hyphenating any word in cases of the word ending at the line is a common occurrence that happens all the time. But about how the hyphenation must be done or how the word should be separated has a bit of a rule into it.

First of all, any word that needs to be hyphenated must be done according to the syllable. For example, the word "purple" must be hyphenated as "pur-ple" with the different syllables put together and then separated by the hyphen. This division of words according to the syllables ensures that the sound or reading of the word isn't changed.

Also, the use of the hyphen mid-word at the end of a line must be done in such a way that the hyphen is in the first line with at least two letters before the hyphen. In this case, the word "articulate" has four syllables which can be divided as "ar/ti/cu/late".

Considering the options provided, "artic-ulate" and "articul-ate" are wrong for they mixed up the syllables. Thus, the correct answer is "arti-culate".