Punctuation change

Question 1

Capitalisation in 17th and 18th century texts

Answer 1

They are used at the start of sentences, in titles, for proper nouns, and for the singular first person pronoun ‘I’ but also to add emphasis to a word.

Question 2

Capitalisation in modern texts

Answer 2

At the start of sentences, in titles, for proper nouns, and for the singular first person pronoun ‘I’

Question 3

How do older texts separate their sentences that is different from modern texts?

Answer 3

Very old texts may use the virgule /, whilst texts from the 17th and 18th centuries often have lots of long complex sentences divided using semi-colons.