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Laikotarpis

Taškas, britų anglų kalboje dar vadinamas tašku, žymi sakinio pabaigą. Taškai taip pat vartojami santrumpoms išreikšti, sveikiesiems skaičiams nuo dešimtainiųjų atskirti ir elipsėms (trims taškams, kurie rodo, kad trūksta tam tikros sakinio dalies) sudaryti.

Mr. Pirez was happy to be part of the new team.

I woke up at 6 a.m. on the dot.

They spent $76.37 in total.

Then he took the microphone, and we all know what happened next…

Kablelis

Anglų kalboje kableliais sakiniai suskirstomi į atskiras dalis. Čia pateikiami įvairūs kablelių vartojimo būdai.

Daiktavardžių, veiksmažodžių ir būdvardžių atskyrimas

She studied math, geography, history and political science that semester.

I will take almonds, pine nuts, Brazil nuts and macadamias please.

He was so happy he jumped, yelled and danced all the way home.

Yesterday I tripped, dropped my bag and cut my hand falling down the stairs.

My sister is a smart, funny, ambitious and generous person.

I was not impressed by the rusty, dirty and generally beat up car he had for sale.

Nepriklausomų sakinių atskyrimas

We drove home, we did all of the laundry, after that we fell asleep.

I will go tomorrow, I might even get there early.

Neribojančiųjų sąlygų atskyrimas

The party, which started at 7 p.m., was for her thirtieth birthday.

My grandma, who is Hungarian, loves to knit scarves for all of her grandchildren.

Žymų klausimai

He left work at noon, didn't he?

We’ve been on the waitlist for months, haven't we?

Intarpai

Wait, you don't have the tickets?

Hmm, this isn't exactly what I meant.

We're having ham for dinner, yes.

Šauktukas

Šauktukai vartojami norint išreikšti nuostabą, nustebimą arba pabrėžti.

Oh my goodness!

You can't be serious!

Turn the music down right now!

Klaustukas

Klaustuko ženklas rodo klausiamąjį žodį, frazę ar sakinį anglų kalba.

Where are you going later?

Marc likes chicken, doesn't he?

Is my backpack in the backseat of your car?

You do?

Dvitaškis

Dvitaškis - tai skyrybos ženklas, rašomas prieš sąrašą ar paaiškinimą.

I chose five subjects to study this term: psychology, sociology, biology, chemistry and physics.

There were only two rules: keep your room clean and help out with the cooking.

I had one thing on my mind: how to make as much money as possible that summer.

Kabliataškis

Pusjuodžiais kabliataškiais atskiriami ilgi sąrašo elementai ir sujungiami nepriklausomi sakiniai. Jie yra tvirtesni už kablelius, bet ne tokie galutiniai kaip taškai.

I hate doing laundry; all of the separating annoys me.

Many world landmarks, the Matsushima islands in northeastern Japan; the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy; the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia; Yosemite National Park in the United States and Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe, were still on his bucket list.

Kabučių ženklas

Kabutės naudojamos tada, kai rašoma tai, ką tiksliai pasakė kas nors kitas.

He told me to "start acting like an adult or leave"!

In my opinion the most beautiful thing shakespeare ever wrote was "This above all: to thine ownself be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man."

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Apostrofa

Anglų kalboje apostrofa vartojama dviem atvejais. Apostrofai pakeičia trūkstamas raides junginiuose:

He can't (cannot) come to work today, he's sick.

You shouldn't (should not) smoke in the hospital.

I'm (I am) running late!

Kita apostrofų paskirtis - parodyti priklausomybę:

Miranda's purse was stolen from her car.

The school's front gate is locked.

The bus' window had been smashed in the storm.

The women's bathroom line up was very long.

Brūkšnelis

Brūkšnys anglų kalboje vartojamas sudėtiniams žodžiams ir žodžių dalelytėms žymėti.

The ghost-like figure stood at the window.

My eight-year-old sister came first in the race.

One-fifth of the team had forgotten their hockey sticks.

She kept her computer up-to-date with the latest security software.

Skliausteliai

Skliausteliai vartojami panašiai kaip kableliai - jais parodoma papildoma informacija, kuri nebūtinai yra esminė sakinio prasmei.

Her bedroom (which was the biggest) had a huge window overlooking the lake.

I didn’t go to the party (I would have seen him if I did).

One-fifth of the team had forgotten their hockey sticks.

The car (a 2012 Subaru Outback) was filthy from the drive through the field.