Most of us were taught punctuation in school and how improper use of it could change the meaning of a sentence and I still feel it is an important part of conveying the information or sentiments that one wishes to convey,but (you knew that but was coming,didn't you?) the Bible wasn't originally punctuated and perhaps that is why there are so many differing interpretations of the book. George Bernard Shaw insisted "There is not the faintest reason for persisting in the ugly and silly trick of peppering pages with these uncouth bacilli." in regards to commas,but without the simple comma the meaning of words can be drastically changed.
Just a little something for you to chew on for the day. I would also like to introduce punctus percontativus which was a reversed question mark used in the 16th and 17th centuries to mark a rhetorical question...now wouldn't that puppy come in handy?
Just a little something for you to chew on for the day. I would also like to introduce punctus percontativus which was a reversed question mark used in the 16th and 17th centuries to mark a rhetorical question...now wouldn't that puppy come in handy?
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