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Expert finds the world’s earliest question mark

A manuscript expert may have discovered the world’s earliest question mark in an ancient middle eastern language.

Cambridge University’s Dr Chip Coakley believes a double vertical dot found in Bible manuscripts written in Syriac dating back to the fifth century could be the modern question mark’s ancestor.

Punctuation denoting a question in Latin and Greek script appear from around the eighth century.

Read more at University of Cambridge

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