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How we got from no spaces between words to the interrobang, with Florence Hazrat

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Sep 3, 202627:40Education

1217. This week, we talk to Florence Hazrat, author of "On the Mark," about how punctuation evolved over 2,000 years. We look at why ancient Greek and Roman writing had no spaces between words, how a librarian in Alexand...