1. A SHORT HISTORY OF PUNCTUATION
by Polly Robertus
EARLYGREEKSHAD HARDLYANYPUNCTUATION
FONOITCERIDEHTDEGNAHCNEVEDNA*
THEIRWRITINGATTHEENDOFEACHLINELATER
GNITIRWFOYAWAOTDEGNAHCYEHT*
THATFAVOREDRIGHTHANDEDPEOPLEANDSHOWE
DWHEREANEWPARAGRAPHBEGANBYUNDELINING
THEFIRSTLINEOFITLATERTHEGREEKPLAYWRIGHT
ARISTOPHANES , INVERTEDMARKSTOSHOW ,
WHERE
THEREADERSSHOULDTAKEBREATH:
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 . THE . COLON . MARK . TO . INDICATE .
PHRASE . ENDINGS:
INTHEEARLYMIDDLEAGESTHISSYSTEMOFPUNCTUA
TIONBROKEDOWNBECAUSEVERYFEWPEOPLECOUL
DREADANDWRITEBUTWRITERSKEPTASPACEATTHE
ENDOFASENTENCEANDCONTINUEDTOMARKPARA
GRAPHS
EVENTUALLY WORDS WERESEPARATED AGAIN
AND NEW SENTENCES BEGAN WITH A LARGER
LETTER
*Hint: Try reading from right to left.
A SHORT HISTORY OF PUNCTUATION
by Polly Robertus
EARLYGREEKSHAD HARDLYANYPUNCTUATION
FONOITCERIDEHTDEGNAHCNEVEDNA*
THEIRWRITINGATTHEENDOFEACHLINELATER
GNITIRWFOYAWAOTDEGNAHCYEHT*
THATFAVOREDRIGHTHANDEDPEOPLEANDSHOWE
DWHEREANEWPARAGRAPHBEGANBYUNDELINING
THEFIRSTLINEOFITLATERTHEGREEKPLAYWRIGHT
ARISTOPHANES , INVERTEDMARKSTOSHOW ,
WHERE
THEREADERSSHOULDTAKEBREATH:
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 . THE . COLON . MARK . TO . INDICATE .
PHRASE . ENDINGS:
INTHEEARLYMIDDLEAGESTHISSYSTEMOFPUNCTUA
TIONBROKEDOWNBECAUSEVERYFEWPEOPLECOUL
DREADANDWRITEBUTWRITERSKEPTASPACEATTHE
ENDOFASENTENCEANDCONTINUEDTOMARKPARA
GRAPHS
EVENTUALLY WORDS WERESEPARATED AGAIN
AND NEW SENTENCES BEGAN WITH A LARGER
LETTER
*Hint: Try reading from right to left.
A SHORT HISTORY OF PUNCTUATION
by Polly Robertus
EARLYGREEKSHAD HARDLYANYPUNCTUATION
FONOITCERIDEHTDEGNAHCNEVEDNA*
THEIRWRITINGATTHEENDOFEACHLINELATER
GNITIRWFOYAWAOTDEGNAHCYEHT*
THATFAVOREDRIGHTHANDEDPEOPLEANDSHOWE
DWHEREANEWPARAGRAPHBEGANBYUNDELINING
THEFIRSTLINEOFITLATERTHEGREEKPLAYWRIGHT
ARISTOPHANES , INVERTEDMARKSTOSHOW ,
WHERE
THEREADERSSHOULDTAKEBREATH:
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 . THE . COLON . MARK . TO . INDICATE .
PHRASE . ENDINGS:
INTHEEARLYMIDDLEAGESTHISSYSTEMOFPUNCTUA
TIONBROKEDOWNBECAUSEVERYFEWPEOPLECOUL
DREADANDWRITEBUTWRITERSKEPTASPACEATTHE
ENDOFASENTENCEANDCONTINUEDTOMARKPARA
GRAPHS
EVENTUALLY WORDS WERESEPARATED AGAIN
AND NEW SENTENCES BEGAN WITH A LARGER
LETTER
*Hint: Try reading from right to left.
