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By Ralf Herrmann

Punctuation that failed to make its mark

Several writers and inventors in the last century tried to introduce new marks of punctuation into the English language – but they all failed. Keith Houston tells their story.

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    Riccardo Sartori

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    No direct mention of the snark, though.

    I would find the question comma especially useful for lists of (related) questions.

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