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<p><b>Punctuation marks</b> are marks indicating how a piece of <a href="page.php?w=writing">written</a> text should be read (silently or aloud) and, consequently, understood. The oldest known examples of punctuation marks were found in the <a href="page.php?w=Mesha_Stele">Mesha Stele</a> from the 9th century BC, consisting of points between the words and horizontal strokes between sections. The <a href="page.php?w=alphabet">alphabet</a>-based writing began with no spaces, no <a href="page.php?w=capitalization">capitalization</a>, no vowels (see</p><p>
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