Punctuation
Punctuation symbols are the way we show readers how we organise our writing.
History
From Ancient to Now
Symbols
History
The story of Punctuation, from about 3000 years ago to Now.
Ancient Greek
about 1500BC
Aristophanes
about 1000BC
Isidore of Seville
about 600AD
Symbols
All the Punctuation symbols, one by one.
Capital Letter
start a sentence
Fullstop
finish a sentence
Comma
several jobs
Colon
several jobs
Semi-colon
separate items and clauses
Question mark
make clause into question
Brackets / Parentheses
add extra information
Exclamation mark
make a sentence strong
Speech marks
show someone is speaking
Dash
show a break in a sentence
Ellipses
show missing words
Apostrophe
several jobs
