There are 4 syllables. Bac-ter-i-a.
You do not hyphenate the number.
Hyphenate when used as compound adjectives: The team developed a long-term regional plan
Any hyphenated word(s) or phrase does so without the use of spaces. So, hand-in-hand would be the result.
The word bacteria has four syllables.
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You would hyphenate "thank you" when it is used as an adjective before a noun, such as in "a thank-you card."
Don't hyphenate; ongoing is one word.
You can hyphenate the word improvement like this: im-prove-ment.
You do not generally hyphenate the word stepchild, because it is not a hyphenated word. If the question is where to hyphenate stepchild if you have to break it across two lines, it is not difficult to determine this, because the two syllables are actually separate words: step and child. If you have to hyphenate the word to break it, you would put step- on one line and child on the next. If the word is all on one line, you do not hyphenate it.
If possible the general rule is to hyphenate the word where the syllables join. If a word has no syllables do not hyphenate just carry the entire word to the next line. (e.g.: Chari-table Foundation)
Can you, or should you? You can hyphenate it if you're moving between lines in a paragraph and need to break up the word. You shouldn't hyphenate it normally.
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You mean at the end of a line? Well it depends on how much room you have hyphenate at a syllable is probably best. If you have little space before the end of the line don't hyphenate a word. You could hyphenate like this trans- portation.
The word "desperate" doesn't need a hyphen.
Do you mean how do you hyphenate the word?prob-lem