常用的英文标点符号有十二种

常用的

英文标点符号

有十二种，它们是：

ophe

上标点

(')

逗号

(,)

冒号

(:)

破折号

(--)

ation Point

惊叹号

(!)

连字号

(-)

heses

括号

( )

8. Period

句号

(

．

)

9. Question Mark

问号

C?)

ion Marks

引号(

lon

分号

(;)

Dots

删节号(?)

现将各种标点符号的用法分别帮助如后

:

l.

上标点

(')

(l)

表示字母的省略。

Can't you read those road signs?

(2)

表示数字的省略。

Today is Thursday, June 1, '89.

(3)

表示字母的复数。There are five s’s in “sleeplessness.”

(4)

表示单字的复数。

Our teacher told us not to use so

many so’s.

(5)

表示数字的复数。Her 7’s and 9’s look alike.

(6)

表示所有格。It’s Vice Burn’s umbrella.

2.

逗号

(

，

)

(1)

用在以

and ,but ,for, nor ,or ,so ,yet

等连接词连接的两个主要子句之

间。

My father is fond of fishing, but my mother prefers hiking.

(2)

在复合句中，如果附属子句在前，主要子句在后，用在 附属子句之后。

While I was making a telephone call, someone knocked at my door

．

注意：如果主要子句在前，则不用逗号。

(3)

用以分开非限制形容词子句与主要子句。

Her father, who is a famous scholar, teaches English.

(4)

用以分开非限制同位语。

Kent Howard, my English teacher, is from America.

(5)

用在

yes, no ,well

等字之后。

(a) Yes, he is a hard-working student.

(b) No, it is impossible.

(c) Well, you may go if you insist.

(6)

向人说话时，用在对方名字或称谓之后，之前或前后。

(a) John, come here.

(b) Open the door, John.

(c) It is, Sir, not my fault.

(7)

用以分开引用句

(a) “You are beautiful,” he said.

(b) Our teacher said, “Freedom is not license.”

(c) “No,” she said, “I was just testing your patience.”

(8)

用以分开星期，月日，年份。

On Sunday, May 28, 1989, her first child was born.

(9)

用以分开地名、省名、国名、街道名、巷弄名等。

Candy lives at 4 Alley 10, Lane 76, Ching Hua Street, Section 4,

Taipei, Taiwan.

(10)

(a) Her mother sells tomatoes, potatoes, and peaches.

(b) She ran up the stairs, across the porch, and into the house.

(c)

We

all

agreed

that

she

was

beautiful,

that

she

was

intelligent,

and that she was ambitious.

(11)

用以表示字的省略。

The lion

is

the symbol of courage;

the lamb, of

meekness. (the lamb

is the symbol of meekness).

(12)

用在

such as

及

especially

的前面。

(a) They enjoy outdoor sports, such as hiking and riding.

(b)He likes all extracurricular activities, especially basketball

playing.

(13)

用以分开「乃此非彼」的结构。

He wanted to see Cliff, not Steve.

(14)

用在追问句之前。

It is warm today, isn’t it?

3.

冒号

(

：

)

(1)

用在解释或逐项行举之前

(< /p>

在

as

follows,

the

following

as

these

或

given

之后

)

。

(a) I bought the following articles: sheets, towels, and blankets

．

(b) The table lamp consists of three parts: a stand, a bulb, and a

shade.

(2)

用在正式或事务信函中称谓之后。

Dear Sir: Dear Mr. Reagan: Gentlemen:

注意

:

在非正式或交际信函中称谓之后 用逗号。

Dear Mary, Dear John,

(3)

用在数字之后，表示时间。

Our class starts at 8:10 a.m. and ends at 12:00 noon.

(4)

用在较长的引用句或正式问句之前。

(a) This

is

my favorite

quotation: “It

is difficult to say

what is

impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and reality

of tomorrow.”

(b) The question is: What can we do for our country?

(5)

用在讲释第一个主要子句的第二个主要句子之前。

Her intention is obvious: she wants to marry him.

4.

破折号

(--)

(1)

表示犹豫，句意的暂时断开

,

或思想的突然断开。

(a) I─I don’t know. You’d better ask her.

(b)

The

entire

teaching

facilities─console,

tapes,

earphones,

and