Punctuation. Punctuation is "the use of spacing, conventional signs, and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading, both silently and aloud, of handwritten and printed texts. "[1] Another description is: "The practice, action, or system of inserting points or other small marks into texts, in order to aid interpretation; division of text into sentences, clauses, etc., by means of such marks. "[2] History[edit] The first writing systems were either logographic or syllabic—for example, Chinese and Maya script—which do not necessarily require punctuation, especially spacing. Ancient Chinese classical texts were transmitted without punctuation. The earliest alphabetic writing had no capitalization, no spaces, no vowels and few punctuation marks. The oldest known document using punctuation is the Mesha Stele (9th century BC). Western Antiquity[edit] "On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that.
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