As far as the Dinggong inscription is concerned, apart from the fact that it takes the form of a long string of characters, scholars who sup port the "markings" hypothesis believe that the inscription does not meet any of the criteria for being regarded as writing.
就丁公陶文來說，除能形成一長串句子外，「記號說」學者認為形成字的條件都還欠缺，但這並不表示它就不是字。