Article written by Stratcore copywriter and English editor: Bahram Macksey Rafat There were no spaces between words at the dawn of writing because of the cost of materials and the time and know-how needed. A look at ancient tablets shows us this. (Writing was the provenance of an elite few.) You’ll read something akin to, ‘THERAINISFALLINGVERYHARDANDMAKINGPUDDLES.’ Spaces between words was a development, as was punctuation. The full stop was introduced from the Ancient Greek, from the 3rd century BCE onwards, thanks to Aristophanes of Byzantium’s system. The full stop was a high dot (˙). It … Continue reading