英文標點符號的使用2
五、:冒號
1.冒號用于對后面內容的介紹或解釋,如 This is her plan: go shopping.
2.冒號用于名單之前,特別是一個豎排的名單。
We transferred three employees to new branches:
Tony Wang to New York City
Mike Jackson to Tokyo
Mark Foster to Paris
當名單橫排的時候,冒號要用在一個完整的句子之后,如 We need seven people: three students, three engineers, and a professor.
3.冒號用于一個正式的引用之前。如 The professor said: It was horrible.
4.冒號也可用于商業或正式信函的稱謂后面,如 Dear Mr. Lee:(美國英語中,信件或演說詞的稱呼語之后用冒號,而在英國英語中多用逗號。)
5.冒號用于數字時間的表示,如16:45 或 4:45 p.m.
6.冒號用于主標題和副標題之間,如 Web Directory: World and Non-U.S. Economic Data
六、,逗點
1.逗點用于分隔一系列的簡單內容,如 I will go to Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen.
2.逗點用于修飾名詞的多個形容詞之間,如 a small, fancy bike
3.逗點用于連接兩個較長的獨立子句,而且每個句子的主語不同,如 The Grizzlies were out of timeouts, and Miller missed a desperation 3-pointer as time expired.
4.逗點用于關聯的子句之間,如 Since hes your younger brother, please take care of him.
5.逗點用于一個較長的修飾短語之后,如 In the middle of the coldest winter on record, the pipes froze.
6.逗點用于直接引用的句子之前,如 Mary said, Lets go fishing.(注意:這里說的和上面提及的冒號在直接引語中的使用不一樣。如果是引用比較正式的發言講話就要用冒號,一般情況下就用逗點。)
如果句中含有間接引用就不需要逗點,如 Mary said we should go fishing.
在反問句之前要使用逗點,如 :
He worked very hard, didnt he?
以上是比較常用的標點,下面列出一些次常用的標點:
七、連字號Hyphen( -)
1.連字號主要用于某些前綴(如: self-,ex-和all-) 后和構成復合詞。如:
ex-husband(前夫),brand-new(全新的),poorly-dressed(衣著破爛的)
I have forty-thousand or fifty-thousand dollars.
I want to obtain the whole-year or half-year lease of the apartment.
當兩個或兩個以上復合詞并用, 而各復合詞連字號后的部分相同時, 各復合詞的相同部分只出現一次,應改為the whole-or half-year lease.
五、:冒號
1.冒號用于對后面內容的介紹或解釋,如 This is her plan: go shopping.
2.冒號用于名單之前,特別是一個豎排的名單。
We transferred three employees to new branches:
Tony Wang to New York City
Mike Jackson to Tokyo
Mark Foster to Paris
當名單橫排的時候,冒號要用在一個完整的句子之后,如 We need seven people: three students, three engineers, and a professor.
3.冒號用于一個正式的引用之前。如 The professor said: It was horrible.
4.冒號也可用于商業或正式信函的稱謂后面,如 Dear Mr. Lee:(美國英語中,信件或演說詞的稱呼語之后用冒號,而在英國英語中多用逗號。)
5.冒號用于數字時間的表示,如16:45 或 4:45 p.m.
6.冒號用于主標題和副標題之間,如 Web Directory: World and Non-U.S. Economic Data
六、,逗點
1.逗點用于分隔一系列的簡單內容,如 I will go to Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen.
2.逗點用于修飾名詞的多個形容詞之間,如 a small, fancy bike
3.逗點用于連接兩個較長的獨立子句,而且每個句子的主語不同,如 The Grizzlies were out of timeouts, and Miller missed a desperation 3-pointer as time expired.
4.逗點用于關聯的子句之間,如 Since hes your younger brother, please take care of him.
5.逗點用于一個較長的修飾短語之后,如 In the middle of the coldest winter on record, the pipes froze.
6.逗點用于直接引用的句子之前,如 Mary said, Lets go fishing.(注意:這里說的和上面提及的冒號在直接引語中的使用不一樣。如果是引用比較正式的發言講話就要用冒號,一般情況下就用逗點。)
如果句中含有間接引用就不需要逗點,如 Mary said we should go fishing.
在反問句之前要使用逗點,如 :
He worked very hard, didnt he?
以上是比較常用的標點,下面列出一些次常用的標點:
七、連字號Hyphen( -)
1.連字號主要用于某些前綴(如: self-,ex-和all-) 后和構成復合詞。如:
ex-husband(前夫),brand-new(全新的),poorly-dressed(衣著破爛的)
I have forty-thousand or fifty-thousand dollars.
I want to obtain the whole-year or half-year lease of the apartment.
當兩個或兩個以上復合詞并用, 而各復合詞連字號后的部分相同時, 各復合詞的相同部分只出現一次,應改為the whole-or half-year lease.