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The punctus interrogativus, as it was called, consisted of a dot underneath a right-leaning or horizontal wavering dash - a bit like a modern italic question-mark, but lacking the prominent semi-circular bend.
Archive 2008-04-01 DC 2008
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The punctus interrogativus, as it was called, consisted of a dot underneath a right-leaning or horizontal wavering dash - a bit like a modern italic question-mark, but lacking the prominent semi-circular bend.
On question-marks DC 2008
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[3] Truss describes the punctus interrogativus of the late 700s as "a lightning flash, striking from right to left."
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By the eleventh century, Aristophanes 'system was restored; moreover, two new punctuation marks -- including one called punctus interrogativus, which strongly resembles the question mark of today -- had been added to indicate both a syntactical break and a change in inflection.
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