What is it about?
A history of the twelve major English punctuation marks showing their development from classical beginnings through medieval manuscripts and early printing. Punctuation problems arise from the marks tangled history and great ambiguity
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Why is it important?
Punctuation is a major element in written communication and it is of intense interest to the literate public.
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I am a Trustee of the English Project (www.englishproject.org). The project's mission is to explore and explain the English language in order to educate and entertain the English speaker.
Professor Christopher Mulvey
University of Winchester
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This page is a summary of: The English Project's History of English Punctuation, English Today, April 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0266078416000110.
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