On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:13:50 -0700, Weronika wrote:
As far as I know (currently taking the third term of a Japanese course,
so I may well be missing things), these are the only punctuation marks
in Japanese, and the periods normally look like little o's. Periods
work pretty much like in English
Hi All, I'm anxiously awaiting the answer to the had, had, had
problem. It just makes my head hurt G. I sent a copy of ESL
to my mother for Mother's Day and she's enjoying it very much.
I also saw Ms. Truss on TV the other day and she was very
funny. One question was about the history of
Hi!
One question was about the history of punctuation and
she said it came from musical notation and was first used in
Greek plays. They had marks to tell the actor when to take a
deep breath before a long speech (or a medium or small
breath).
Interesting. I never wondered about
Finally finished reading 'East,Shoot and Leaves' last night. I've been
reading just three or four pages each night before settling down to sleep.
Thoroughy enjoyed it - what a strange thing to say about a book on
punctuation. It's well-researched, witty and very readable. It finishes bang
up to
