Do you think fortune cookies can predict the future? Hola, MooCookie! Welcome, Comari Smith! Hey, Cameron! Great question, Mrs. Elson's class! A scribe is a person who copies out documents , especially one employed to do this before printing was invented. Hi, allie! There is also a new Wonder of the Day every day!
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Did uppercase or lowercase letters come first? Do all languages have both uppercase and lowercase letters? Tags: See All Tags alphabet , Asian , capitalization , case , Chinese , communication , English , form , Indian , Japanese , language , language arts , letter , lowercase , majuscule , miniscule , readability , scribe , sentence , technology , type , uppercase , writing.
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Ask an adult friend or family member to help you create a simple document on the computer with a word processor. All you need to do is write a few simple sentences. Write a short story or simply write a few sentences about what you had for dinner the night before. Once you have your sentences, play with the selection of fonts available on your computer.
What font do you like the best? Have fun playing with fonts to change the look of your text! When is it important to know the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters? When you need to capitalize something, of course! Take the online Capitalization Quiz to test your knowledge of proper capitalization. How well can you do? Test yourself against your friends and family members. Did you get it? Test your knowledge. Wonder Words metal type scribe case form letter storage mixture distinguish script alphabet miniscule majuscule readability capitalization organized convention distinction Take the Wonder Word Challenge.
Join the Discussion. Savarni Sep 10, It will be good to add why do some of the lowercase letters look so different from their capital equivalents. Sep 10, Lee Jul 26, Neither Chinese nor Japanese use an alphabet. Chinese uses a logography while Japanese uses a mixture of logography and syllabary.
In alphabets, letters represent phonemes, which is not the case for either logographys or syllabarys, which represent meanings and syllables respectively. Please stop spreading the mistaken terminology that every writing system is an alphabet. Though, most alphabets do not distinguish upper and lower case forms.
Jul 27, Pickachu Mar 7, Also u need part of a chocolate bar. Thanks have a wonder-full day. Mar 7, Arslan Sheikh Aug 3, What is the difference age between upper and lowercase. Dec 5, Aug 3, Ellie Mar 13, Mar 16, Evan Nov 9, Why not just develop smaller and easier letters in the first place? Nov 10, Hi, Evan!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We hope you had fun exploring this Wonder! MrsUttersClass Mar 11, Why do we need uppercase at the beginning of a sentence and lowercase letters in the rest of the sentence? Wonderopolis Mar 16, Jonathan S. Mar 4, Wonderopolis Mar 9, Wonderopolis Mar 2, MooCookie Feb 27, Comari Smith Feb 27, Cameron Feb 27, Hey wonderoplis!! Compared to uncial, this font was easier to both read and write, so texts were more accessible to people.
It soon became very common to mix minuscule and some uncial or capital letters within a word, the latter used to add emphasis. In contrast, many other writing systems such as the Georgian language and Arabic make no distinction between upper and lowercase lettering—a system called unicase. When the printing press came along in the s, type designers based their lowercase letters on Carolingian minuscule. The wooden cases where letters were stored for printing had different compartments by type.
Lowercase and uppercase letters were stored in separate type cases , hence the names. We started using these terms in the s. Hard to believe, but there were no set of rules for capitalization in English until this period either. Want to take a closer look at how our handwriting has evolved over time? Or maybe you just need a boost in how to guide your child through learning their letters. Either way, we have what you need.
Feedback See Today's Synonym. Word of the Day. Meanings Meanings. Previous "Capital" vs. A new way to write As the uncial script evolved, a smaller, more rounded and connected Greek-style lettering called minuscule was introduced around the 9th century. Why do we call them cases? Unlock a new world of learning! Join the Dictionary. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
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