Fun Facts about Quotation Marks

I thought this was some interesting facts about quotation marks:


History: In the days when printing used raised bits of metal, "." and "," were the most delicate, and were in danger of damage (the face of the piece of type might break off from the body, or be bent or dented from above) if they had a '"' on one side and a blank space on the other. Hence the convention arose of always using '."' and ',"' rather than '".' and '",', regardless of logic."
Future: We see the use of quotation marks in pop culture, with many people incorporating it into their dialog by making the quote gesture.
Use of Internet limits punctuation through instant messaging and emails. People abbreviate to save time on typing and therefore punctuation is lost including parenthesis and quotation marks. Especially in direct quotes used online…left without quotation marks more and more often