其他標點符號 黃勇仁
句點 句點 [ . ]: 在陳述句的末尾加句點。句子的最後一個字母與句點之間沒有空格。句點與下一個句子的第一個字母之間空一格。 在間接疑問句的末尾加句點。 The teacher asked why Maria had left out the easy exercises.
句點 縮寫 (abbreviations) 要加句點 Dr. Espinoza arrived from Washington, D.C., at 6 p.m.
問號 問號[ ? ]:在直接疑問句的末尾加問號。 問號與其他標點符號一起使用被視為不佳的寫作方式。 附加疑問句:係一種將陳述句轉變為疑問句的機制。它幾乎都是由一個代名詞,一個助動詞,以及有時 not 這個字所組成。 He should quit smoking, shouldn't he? They're not doing very well, are they? He finished on time, didn't he?
問號 千萬別在間接疑問句的末尾加問號。 The instructor asked the students what they were doing. I asked my sister if she had a date.
驚嘆號 驚嘆號 [ ! ]: 在強調語句,感嘆詞或命令的末尾加驚嘆號。 在學術文章中,若有的話,驚嘆號亦非常少用 "No!" he yelled. "Do it now!"
冒號 冒號 [ : ]:在列表的前面或解釋其前之獨立子句的語句前面加冒號。 There is only one thing left to do now: confess while you still have time.
冒號 分號 [ ; ]:使用分號來 分列冗長的列表 There were citizens from Bangor, Maine; Hartford, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; and Newport, Rhode Island. 分開關係密切的獨立子句 My grandmother seldom goes to bed this early; she's afraid she'll miss out on something.
單引號 單引號 [ ’ ]:我們使用所有格符號來產生所有格、省略字 和一些複數。所有格符號代表一個省略動詞被省略了一個或數個字母 I am = I'm you are = you're she is = she's it is = it's do not = don't she would = she'd who is = who's she will = she'll they had = they'd