The full stop symbol derives from the Greek punctuation introduced by Aristophanes of Byzantium in the 3rd century BCE in Alexandria. [citation needed] In his system, there was a series of dots whose …

Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives …

Punctuation developed dramatically when large numbers of copies of the Bible started to be produced. These were designed to be read aloud, so the copyists began to introduce a range of marks to aid …

You deserve an explanation, so please don't skip this 1-minute read. It's Friday, December 19. Our fundraiser will soon be over, but we're short of our goal. If you've lost count of how many times …

The slash is a slanting line punctuation mark /. It is also known as a stroke or solidus, a forward slash and several other historical or technical names. Once used as the equivalent of the modern period …

The exclamation mark ! (also known as exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection, exclamation or noise to indicate strong feelings (e.g. surprise, …

The apostrophe (’, ') is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes: …