Grammar Factoid

While I was at the bank today, the TV screen they have started mentioning factoids. It stated that punctuation wasn't used until the fifteenth century when the printing press was invented. Until then thewordsrantogetherlikethis.

However, as I did the research I found that wasn't exactly true. English has always used some form of punctuation, but it wasn't standardized until the invention of the printing press. In the ninth century, the Romans started using dots to separate words.

Later, a librarian in Alexandria became the first to coin the terms "comma," "colon," and "period," although they were very different from what we use today.

It's interesting to see how grammar evolved.

Learning something new--Grammar

I know, your rolling your eyes. "How can grammar be new?"


Being a writer I need to keep perfecting my grammar, so I'm always glad to learn something new. But having said that I will always need an editor, because writer's are blind to their own mistakes, unfortunately. 


However, I can still improve thus making my editor's job a little easier. *wink*


Someone asked me a question, which I was not entirely sure of. Is "then" a conjunction?


I thought it was, hmm?


So I decided to look it up, just to be sure.

Yes, "then" is a conjunction. To be more precise its a conjunction adverb. 

A conjunctive adverb is an adverb that connects two clauses. Conjunctive adverbs show cause and effect, sequence, contrast, comparison, or other relationships.

James walked across the room then sat in a chair. (That walk must have tired poor ol' James out.)





Conjunctive Adverbsalso
hence
however
still
likewise
otherwise
therefore
conversely
ratherconsequently
furthermore
nevertheless
instead
moreover >>>then<<<
thus
meanwhile
accordingly