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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
Shady Characters The Secret Life of Punctuation Symbols and Other Typographical Marks
Author: Keith Houston
The surprising stories of some well-known?and some outlandish?marks of punctuation.Every day we rely on punctuation marks to help us say what we mean, but where did they come from? Consider the ampersand (&), which started life as Pompeian graffiti, or the at sign (@), which languished in obscurity for centuries until rescued by the Internet. Th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393064421
ISBN-10: 0393064425
Publication Date: 9/24/2013
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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