THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUNCTUATION MARKS IN WRITING

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyse punctuation marks in speaking reading, writing skills,  devices (stress, intonation, rhythm, pauses sometimes by using facial expressions or by using gestures )  which do in speech is entirely handled by "punctuation" . For grasping what punctuation is, it can be tried to pass through its historical development briefly. Depending on many references, Razzak and Helen’s classification of punctuation marks, The work is focused on the following four types: 1. End punctuation marks: The full stop, the question mark, and the exclamation mark; 2. Non- end punctuation marks: The comma, the semicolon, the colon, and the dash; 3. Enclosing punctuation marks: Brackets (square and round), inverted commas or quotation marks; 4. Punctuation marks used within the word: The apostrophe, the hyphen, and the abbreviation dot.