Re: hyphen syntax

[David Kastrup]

Dan Eble <address@hidden> writes:

>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 05:18 , Jean-Charles Malahieude <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> Le 14/02/2016 20:41, Dan Eble a écrit :
>>> Are there technical limitations that require typing a double hyphen
>>> to hyphenate lyrics?  Why not just one?
>>> 
>> 
>> Technically, I don't know. But, in terms of coherence, I would leave
>> it as it is:
>> 
>> one hyphen is treated as one syllable, just like one underscore
>> "skips" one (group of) note
>
> But is it useful for a bare hyphen to be treated as a syllable?  I
> don’t recall having seen any examples of that.

It is rather common for skipping syllables in multiple stanzas since an
isolated - is equivalent to " ".

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David Kastrup