Punctuation

句号

句号，在英式英语中也被称为句点，标志着一个句子的结束。句号也用于表示缩写，将整数与小数分开，并创建省略号（三个句号表示句子的某个部分缺失）。

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…

逗号

英语中的逗号将句子分成可管理的部分。以下是逗号的不同用法。

分离名词、动词和形容词

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.

分离独立从句

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

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

分隔非限制性从句

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.

附加疑问句

He left work at noon, didn't he?

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

感叹词

Wait, you don't have the tickets?

Hmm, this isn't exactly what I meant.

We're having ham for dinner, yes.

感叹号

感叹号用于表示惊讶、惊讶或强调。

Oh my goodness!

You can't be serious!

Turn the music down right now!

问号

问号在英语中表示带有疑问的词、短语或从句。

Where are you going later?

Marc likes chicken, doesn't he?

Is my backpack in the backseat of your car?

You do?

冒号

冒号是一个位于列表或说明之前的标点符号。

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.

分号

分号分隔长列表项并连接独立从句。它们比逗号强，但不像句号那样表示终结。

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.

引号

引号是准确地引用别人说得话时使用的。

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."

I wasn't quite sure what she meant by "respectable clothes", so I wore this suit." %}

撇号

撇号在英语中有两种用法。撇号代表缩写中缺失的字母：

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!

撇号的另一个用途是表示占有：

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.

连字符

连字符用于英语中的复合词和分词。

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.

小括号

小括号的使用方式与逗号相似，它们显示了对句子含义不一定重要的额外信息。

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.