I. Punctuation 英文中没有顿号和书名号,如果表示书名,打印体中使用斜体,手写体加下划线,也可以使用引号。 Have?you?read “The?Old?Man?and?the?Sea”? ? 1. Period/dot /full stop(.) 1) end of a sentence or minor sentence Eg. Health is better than wealth. Total nonsense. 2) abbreviations No. Mr. e.g. Dr. 注:当缩写的字母形成了一个单词的时候就不要使用句点,如?USA,?DNA?等。 2. Question mark (?) Eg. “What are you doing here?” You really did it that way? 3. Exclamation mark (!) Eg. What a lovely day! Can’t you get here a little earlier! 4. Comma (,) 1) separate coordinate clauses joined by and, but, or, nor, for, yet Have an aim in life, or your energies will be wasted. Note: If the clauses are short or closely related, the comma is often omitted before and, or, nor. Life is short and time is fleeting. 2) after an adverbial element Eg. As he was busy, he didn’t go with us. Personally, I don’t think your plan is workable. 注:状语从句一般在句首时才用逗号隔开。 错 We will go there, if it is fine tomorrow. 对 If it is fine tomorrow, we will go there 3) separate three or more items He works at home, on the job, and even during his vocation. 4) To separate conjunctive adverbs However, things turned out to be completely different. She felt, consequently, that he was not right at all. 5) To separate parenthetical elements They are, I think, a good bit younger than Mary. 6) Other uses No, I don’t think so. She said, “I don’t understand.” “I don’t understand,” she said. “I don’t understand,” she said, “even though he has explained it several times.” 注:当表示“如下”,“例如”时,用逗号隔开。 He hates doing exercises, for example, running. 5. Quotation mark ( “” ) 注:英式英语中,引号经常用单引号,话中话则使用双引号,美式英语则相反。引语中的逗号和句号英语中放在引号外,美语相反。 “I will be away for a few days,” he told me, “and Tom will go with me too.” “I will be away for a few days,” he told me. “Don’t tell this to Tom.” “Would you mind opening the door?” What do you mean by “no other choice”? 注:一般来说换一个人说话要另起一个段落。 “You’re sure of this?” I asked. “I’m certain.” 6. Semicolon (;) Eg. The project was final
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