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cursive developed from christian monks copying manuscripts, before the printing process appeared in europe (china already had it) - it was a faster way of writing, so "THEY" tell me (though i really don't see why; my all capital print writing is quicker to execute than my cursive), and copying manuscripts is long, hard, and tedious work. now, we have minuscules (lower case letters) and capitals to make reading a bit easier (though i don't, generally, hold with capitals, as may be seen). along with punctuation marks (another thing that they didn't always have), capital letters show us the beginnings of sentences, among other things (such as, it would appear, showing respect for personal names, and the like). both capitals and minuscules can have different decorative purposes, as well (as may be seen in the book of kells, or, more recently, but still a little while ago, older-ish books, from, say, the twenties). good question!

2006-09-01 11:34:18 · answer #1 · answered by altgrave 4 · 0 0

well I always though cursive resembled arabic writing so I think maybe the cursive style is th original style and that print came about later to sort of simplify things?

2006-09-01 10:40:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Cursive allows a more fluid writing technique which is actually quicker than printing.

2006-09-01 10:40:06 · answer #3 · answered by JaneB 7 · 1 0

It is writing. There is spell check.

2006-09-01 10:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0 1

i donno

2006-09-01 10:38:41 · answer #5 · answered by Black D93 2 · 0 2

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