Syllibigication in English.
So, I have a question about the English language.
Syllibification... are there any rules??
What makes *grabs the dictionary and points randomly* "governess" gov-ern-ess and not go-ver-ness, or "metaphor" met-a-phor and not me-ta-phor, or "consider" con-sid-er and not con-si-der? "Drama" is dra-ma but "dramatize" is dram-a-tize and not dra-ma-tize, why?
Anyone?
Syllibification... are there any rules??
What makes *grabs the dictionary and points randomly* "governess" gov-ern-ess and not go-ver-ness, or "metaphor" met-a-phor and not me-ta-phor, or "consider" con-sid-er and not con-si-der? "Drama" is dra-ma but "dramatize" is dram-a-tize and not dra-ma-tize, why?
Anyone?