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Three, di-vi-sion.
A hyphen (-) is used to indicate the division between a word's syllables.
The correct division of syllables in the word 'skeleton' is ske-le-ton.
The correct division of syllables in the word 'slippery' is slip-per-y.
Know-ledge has two syllables.
There are three syllables. In-vest-ments.
Commas are used to show the division. They can be used to differentiate two word syllables.
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OFF-ered.
There are two syllables divided like so: Mas-sive.
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
The word 'answer' has 2 syllables. An-swer.