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    Early Greek writing had little punctuation and changed direction at the end of each line. Later Greeks standardized writing direction and showed paragraph breaks. The playwright Aristophanes invented marks to indicate pauses for readers. Romans further developed punctuation by separating words with dots and indenting the first letter of paragraphs. They adapted some Greek marks but the system broke down in the Middle Ages when few could read and write.

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    Early Greek writing had little punctuation and changed direction at the end of each line. Later Greeks standardized writing direction and showed paragraph breaks. The playwright Aristophanes invented marks to indicate pauses for readers. Romans further developed punctuation by separating words with dots and indenting the first letter of paragraphs. They adapted some Greek marks but the system broke down in the Middle Ages when few could read and write.

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    A Short History of

    Punctuation
    by Polly M. Robertus
    Early Greeks had
    hardly any
    punctuation
    and even changed the
    direction of
    their writing at the end
    of each line. Later,
    they changed to a way
    of writing
    that favored right -
    handed people and
    showed
    where a new
    paragraph began by
    underlining
    the first line of it.
    The Greek playwright
    Aristophanes,
    invented marks to
    show there the
    readers should take
    breath.
    The Romans made
    writing much easier
    to read by putting dots
    between words
    and by moving the
    first letter of a
    paragraph into the left
    margin.
    They adapted some of
    the Greek marks
    such as colon mark to
    indicate
    phrase endings. In the
    early Middle .
    Ages, this system of
    punctuation
    broke down because
    very few people
    could read and write
    but writers.
    Skept a space at the
    end of a
    sentence and
    continued to mark
    paragraphs.
    Eventually, words
    were
    separated again and
    new sentences
    began with a larger
    lettter
    A Short History of Punctuation

    by Polly M. Robertus

    Early Greeks had hardly any punctuation


    and even changed the direction of
    their writing at the end of each line. Later,
    they changed to a way of writing
    that favored right - handed people and showed
    where a new paragraph began by underlining
    the first line of it.
    The Greek playwright Aristophanes,
    invented marks to show there the
    readers should take breath.
    The Romans made writing much easier
    to read by putting dots between words
    and by moving the first letter of a
    paragraph into the left margin.
    They adapted some of the Greek marks
    such as colon mark to indicate
    phrase endings. In the early Middle .
    Ages, this system of punctuation
    broke down because very few people
    could read and write but writers.
    Skept a space at the end of a
    sentence and continued to mark
    paragraphs. Eventually, words were
    separated again and new sentences
    began with a larger lettter

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