I agree. English is irrational.

Chuck

> On May 30, 2019, at 11:32 AM, Dalvin Boone <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I vote for #3.
> 
> Dalvin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Finale <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Robert Patterson
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 2:23 PM
> To: finale <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Finale] Text underlay question
> 
> I would like to set the word "eventually" as 3 syllables, e-ven-tually. It
> works because the next word is "you'll" and it is quite natural to slur
> together the final three syllables of "enventually" in that context. But the
> e-ven-tually hyphenation looks weird. I thought of three possibilities:
> 
> 1. use e-ven-tually
> 2. place a couple of grace notes before the main note and hyphenate it out
> as e-ven-tu-al-ly with grace notes on the "tu" and "a"
> 3. use a contraction: e-ven-ch'ly? e-ven-t'ly?
> 
> None of those is very happy. Does this list have any suggestions?
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