in Grammar, that part of orthography which teaches the true manner of resolving words into their syllables.

All words are either simple or compound, as *use*, *diffuse*; *done*, *undone*; and the rules for dividing each must be such as are derived from the analogy of language in general, or from the established custom of speaking; which, for the English language, are reduced to the following rules:

1. A consonant between two vowels must be joined with the latter in spelling, as *nature*, *verily*, *generous*; except, however, the letter *x*, which is joined to the first, as in *flaxen*, *oxen*, &c., and compound words, as in *upon*, *unused*, &c.

2. A double consonant must be divided, as in *letter*, *monner*, &c.

3. Those consonants which can begin a word must not be parted in spelling, as in *defraud*, *reprove*, *distinct*; however, this rule is found sometimes to fail; for though *gn* begins a word, as *gnaw*, *gnat*, &c., yet it must be divided in spelling, as in *cognizance*, *imaginary*, &c.

4. Those consonants which cannot begin a word must be divided, as *ld* in *seldom*, *lt* in *multitude*, *mp* in *temper*, *rd* in *ardent*; but in final syllables there are exceptions, as *tl* in *title*, *dl* in *handle*, &c.

5. When two vowels come together, and are both of them distinctly founded, they must be separated in spelling, as in *coeval*, *mutual*, &c.

6. The grammatical terminations or endings must be separated in spelling, as *ed* in *winged*, *ed* in *deliverance*, *ing* in *hearing*, *ance* in *deliverance*, &c.

7. Compound words must be resolved into their simple or component words, as *upon*, *into*, *nevertheless*, *notwithstanding*, &c.