Word Division Manual Author:Devern J. Perry, J. E. Silverthorn Word Division Manual, Second Edition, contains 15,659 words, arranged alphabetically, illustrating acceptable and preferred points at which these words my be divided. The words selected for inclusion in this Manual come from two extensive tabulations of words used in approximately 4,100 pieces of business communications, as identified by two doc... more »toral studies: "The Basic Vocabulary of Written Business Communications," by James Edwin Sliverthorn, completed in 1956 at Indiana University; and "An Analytical Comparison of the Relative Word-Combination Frequencies of Business Correspondence with Phrase Frequencies of Selected Shorthand Textbooks," by Devern J. Perry, completed in 1968 at the University of North Dakota.« less
A small handy reference book for finding out exactly where a word should be divided for carrying over to another line. Since words are divided at their syllables, the book would be useful for teaching syllables to a young student as well.