10. Two-letter divisions should always be avoided. These words should never be divided: eleven, heaven, power, faster, finer, houses, given, flower, prayer, soften, liken, verses, listen, often, voyage, nothing, even, etc.
11. When a derivative word ends in t, the t is carried over when the accent changes: e.g., instinc-tive (instinct); but not otherwise: e.g., construct-ive (construct).
12. More than two divisions in successive lines should be avoided.
13. A division at the end of the last full line of a paragraph should be avoided.
14. A word of four letters is not divisible. Dividing words of five or six letters should be avoided if possible. {54}
15. An amount that is stated in figures should not be divided.
16. A word in the past tense, pronounced as one syllable, should not be divided: e.g., beamed.
17. The separation of two initials of a person’s name, or such combination as B.C., A.M., should be avoided.
18. A divided word that will appear on the last line of one page and the top line of the next page is to be avoided.
19. Separating a divisional mark (a) or (b) from the matter to which it pertains should be avoided.