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Take the word “the.” According to the Fry 100 List, which charts the 100 most common words in the English language in order of frequency, “the” is No. 1. You’ll find it about once every 20 words in written English.

Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel is considered a literary genius, a timeless word savant who literally provided a pre-literacy blueprint for generations of toddlers to understand language, vocabulary development and, yes, the art of storytelling. And yet, Geisel would have been the first to tell you those wordsmith skills and an ear for the rhyme of the absurd came via a generous assist from another source. His mother, Henrietta.

Syllable division is a fundamental aspect of phonetics and phonology, essential for understanding pronunciation and spelling in various languages. A syllable is a unit of sound that contains a single vowel sound and can be combined with consonants to form words.