Re: why hyphenate

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From: Esa K Viitala
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1985 12:01

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In article <> colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes:
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  >> There is NO *real* reason to hyphenate words to split them across lines;
  >This view is rather naive.  Right margins are justified to make the text
  >easier to read, and centuries of experience have vindicated the practice.

I thought that right margins  were justified to make documents prettier.
To easier read text, one should leave the right margin unjustified, this
will help the eye to perform a "carriage return".

But I still agree to your comment about not hyphenating words.
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Subject: Re: why hyphenate
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