- I'm not native English.
- I have to write an academic paper with LaTeX, in US English, without mistakes.
My problem is with hyphenation. I do not know whether it is done correctly.
I use:
- MikTeX.
\hyphenation{mon-i-tor-ing sub-se-quently pro-vi-sion-ally
for the words that I know that the hyphenation is
Smart-Road-Sen-se}
wrong.- LanguageTool
C:\Program
(in TeXstudio).
Files\LanguageTool-2.8\languagetool.jar
And now the question: there is a tool to control (and improve) hyphenation in LaTeX, without looking at all the words in the PDF?
Best Answer
TeX hyphenation is quite reliable, in general. However, some words can slip off its mechanism, because hyphenation is based on patterns. In order to be sure as much as possible of getting correct hyphenation in US English, load
ushyphex.tex
. See Where can I find a list of English hyphenation exceptions?If I try the simple document
so that words are split as much as possible, I get
If I add (in the preamble)
I get
Note that “Sense” should not by hyphenated even if
\righthyphenmin
is less than its default value 3, because the final “e” is mute and so can't form a syllable center.Final word
Add
\input{ushyphex}
just to be very sure. Add explicit hyphenation only for “nonstandard words”.