I know there is a lot of latitude for word placement in Latin, but is it really possible to write without any punctuation?
2006-09-23 07:11:07 · 7 answers · asked by presidentrichardnixon 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Certainly; there's no punctuation in written Chinese or Japanese either. We don't use it in English on diplomas either -- why bother? It's generally only single phrases, not entire paragraphs.
2006-09-23 07:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, like you said, word placement. Latin words conjugate and decline, so it is much more clear what you mean, whereas in English we have to use punctuation to seperate ideas, they can use clauses. The lack of punctuation in Latin may come from the fact that a lot of it was engraved, and it's sort of hard to engrave a period or a comma.
2006-09-23 07:20:18 · answer #2 · answered by Hopeful Poster 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because latins did NOT use punctuation!
have you ever seen an original latin inscription?
The words are all attached one to another, cause it was a waste of space to use punctuation (as things where written on marble, space was precious and had to be saved)-
Hope that was helpfull,
Yahooer from Roma, Italy.
2006-09-23 12:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by What U see is what U get 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don 't know. You're the one with a diploma in Latin.
2006-09-23 07:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In the era when Latin was in use, there was no puncuation as we know it today.
2006-09-23 09:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you have a diploma in it then why dont you already know? I cant understand the stuff anyway
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2006-09-23 07:18:07 · answer #6 · answered by fawcett1101 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe the typewriter was busted when they printed your diploma.
2006-09-23 14:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by VICTOR chirichuchu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋