英文標點符號的使用3
八、圓括弧Parenthesis( ( ) )
1.標出表順序的數字和字母(如: (1) 、(2) 等)
2.用來表示其中插入的或附加的解釋成分。這個插入成分可以是單詞、詞組或句子。但要注意,括號會削弱強調作用,因此,如果要強調插入的句子成份,則要用破折號。
They might take a walk together(remember feet) and see the neighborhood with fresh , new eyes.
九、引號Quotation Marks()
引號分單引號(single quotation marks) 和雙引號(double quotation marks) .單引號只用在一個直接引語中所含有的另一個直接引語上。
1. 表示直接引語。當直接引語超過四行或多于40 個字詞時, 一般不用引號而改用黑體字以便與文章的其它部分界線清晰
Well, the foreigner said to him , you look like an engineer.
句號和逗號必須置于引號(雙引號和單引號) 之內。
He told the gunman ,I refuse to do that his knees , however , were shaking even as he said those words.
She called this schedule of activities her load :work , study , exercise , recreation , and sleep.
冒號與分號必置于引號外。
The teacher asked , Could you understand me?
Did the teacher ask ,Have they gone?
Did the teacher ask ,They have gone ?
The frightened girl screamed ,Help!
The fellow only said ,Sorry !
He interrupted me , Now , listenand went on saying.
問號、感嘆號和破折號有時置于引號之內, 有時置于外號之外。如果所引內容本身是疑問句或感嘆句或帶有破折號, 問號、感嘆號或破折號一般放在引號之內。否則,放在引號之外。
2. 標明短篇出版物的標題, 諸如雜志、報紙上的文章、短詩、短篇故事和整部書的某一章節。
Have you readThe Old Man and the Sea?
Chapter three is entitledThe Internet .
3.表示所用的詞語具有特殊意義。另外,當俚語出現在較正式的文章中, 也用引號引起來, 以表示文風的有意轉變。
The report contained thefactsof the case.
The speaker owns afat farmin California , which slims down rich overeaters for $2 , 500 a week.
4. 用于表示引起讀者注意的詞語, 或讀者不熟悉的特殊詞語。
It is customary to sayYoupre welcome whenever anyone saysThank you.
SOSis a message for help from a ship or aircraft when in danger.
十、省略號Ell ipsis()
此省略號無論出現在句首、句中、還是句尾,都是表示單詞的省略。
1. 表示直接引語中的省略
Max wrote ,in one word ,manps consciousness , changes with every change in the conditions of his material existence
句后的省略號和句號的寫法應是在一條直線上的四個黑點。前三個黑點表示省略號,后一個黑點表句號。
2. 表示說話中的猶豫或遲疑
If that the way you thinkjust go back to school ,he said.
3. 表示段落或整行詞句的省略, 須使用一整行黑點。
十一、撇號或省字號Apostrophe()
1.構成名詞所有格
rest my son s
a moments books
A three weekspay
2.表示詞、字母、數碼、符號等的復數形式
Dont use so many ands in the sentence.
How many 5s have you got?
這與一般單詞的復數形式不同, 正規的寫法須在s 前加 , 要牢記規則。
3.除表動詞的緊縮形式外, 還表一個或幾個字母和數字的省略。
Ive got it. Yes ,ma am ,the waiter said.
注意:有相當大一部分省略詞是口語中的用法,不宜出現在書面語中。例如:Id like to(在書面語中要寫作I would like to)
八、圓括弧Parenthesis( ( ) )
1.標出表順序的數字和字母(如: (1) 、(2) 等)
2.用來表示其中插入的或附加的解釋成分。這個插入成分可以是單詞、詞組或句子。但要注意,括號會削弱強調作用,因此,如果要強調插入的句子成份,則要用破折號。
They might take a walk together(remember feet) and see the neighborhood with fresh , new eyes.
九、引號Quotation Marks()
引號分單引號(single quotation marks) 和雙引號(double quotation marks) .單引號只用在一個直接引語中所含有的另一個直接引語上。
1. 表示直接引語。當直接引語超過四行或多于40 個字詞時, 一般不用引號而改用黑體字以便與文章的其它部分界線清晰
Well, the foreigner said to him , you look like an engineer.
句號和逗號必須置于引號(雙引號和單引號) 之內。
He told the gunman ,I refuse to do that his knees , however , were shaking even as he said those words.
She called this schedule of activities her load :work , study , exercise , recreation , and sleep.
冒號與分號必置于引號外。
The teacher asked , Could you understand me?
Did the teacher ask ,Have they gone?
Did the teacher ask ,They have gone ?
The frightened girl screamed ,Help!
The fellow only said ,Sorry !
He interrupted me , Now , listenand went on saying.
問號、感嘆號和破折號有時置于引號之內, 有時置于外號之外。如果所引內容本身是疑問句或感嘆句或帶有破折號, 問號、感嘆號或破折號一般放在引號之內。否則,放在引號之外。
2. 標明短篇出版物的標題, 諸如雜志、報紙上的文章、短詩、短篇故事和整部書的某一章節。
Have you readThe Old Man and the Sea?
Chapter three is entitledThe Internet .
3.表示所用的詞語具有特殊意義。另外,當俚語出現在較正式的文章中, 也用引號引起來, 以表示文風的有意轉變。
The report contained thefactsof the case.
The speaker owns afat farmin California , which slims down rich overeaters for $2 , 500 a week.
4. 用于表示引起讀者注意的詞語, 或讀者不熟悉的特殊詞語。
It is customary to sayYoupre welcome whenever anyone saysThank you.
SOSis a message for help from a ship or aircraft when in danger.
十、省略號Ell ipsis()
此省略號無論出現在句首、句中、還是句尾,都是表示單詞的省略。
1. 表示直接引語中的省略
Max wrote ,in one word ,manps consciousness , changes with every change in the conditions of his material existence
句后的省略號和句號的寫法應是在一條直線上的四個黑點。前三個黑點表示省略號,后一個黑點表句號。
2. 表示說話中的猶豫或遲疑
If that the way you thinkjust go back to school ,he said.
3. 表示段落或整行詞句的省略, 須使用一整行黑點。
十一、撇號或省字號Apostrophe()
1.構成名詞所有格
rest my son s
a moments books
A three weekspay
2.表示詞、字母、數碼、符號等的復數形式
Dont use so many ands in the sentence.
How many 5s have you got?
這與一般單詞的復數形式不同, 正規的寫法須在s 前加 , 要牢記規則。
3.除表動詞的緊縮形式外, 還表一個或幾個字母和數字的省略。
Ive got it. Yes ,ma am ,the waiter said.
注意:有相當大一部分省略詞是口語中的用法,不宜出現在書面語中。例如:Id like to(在書面語中要寫作I would like to)