Punctuation
itself – literally, the act of adding “points” to a text – did not
arrive until the 3rd century B.C. [before Christ], when Aristophanes of the great
Library at Alexandria described a series of middle (·), low (.) and high
points (˙) denoting short, medium and long pauses.
Over
the centuries, this system gave rise to punctuation as we know it: from
Aristophanes’ three dots came the colon, the full stop, and many other
marks besides.
The word space was a late arrival,
appearing only when monks in medieval England and Ireland began
splitting apart unfamiliar Latin texts to make them easier to read.
2 comments:
Theary Dearest,
The country national election is only 3 months away.
Your country is being swallowed up by the traditional enemy Yuon, and YOU of all us Khmers
are obsessed with your punctuation !!!
Please, there are time and timing for your personal passion.
why don't you send that message to KI-Media, 2:22 AM?
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