[英语学习]punctuation 英语标点的使用

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1、PunctuationWhydowepunctuatesentences?Readthefollowingpassagewithoutpunctuation.IwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompanyfortwoyearsIhavebeenemployedasasalesclerkfortheJonesstoreIsoldnothingthatIdidnottakeprideinIamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyouLookathow

2、mucheasieritistoreadwithpunctuationIwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompany.FortwoyearsIhavebeenemployedasasalesclerkfortheJonesstore.IsoldnothingthatIdidnottakepridein.IamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou.Lookatwhathappenswhenwechangethepositionofthepunc

3、tuationmarks.Iwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompanyfortwoyears.Ihavebeenemployed.AsasalesclerkfortheJonesstoreIsoldnothing.That,Ididnottakepridein.IamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou.Itactuallychangesthemeaningofthepassage.Iwouldliketoapplyforajobwithy

4、ourcompany.FortwoyearsIhavebeenemployedasasalesclerkfortheJonesstore.IsoldnothingthatIdidnottakepridein.IamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou.Iwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompanyfortwoyears.Ihavebeenemployed.AsasalesclerkfortheJonesstoreIsoldnothing.Th

5、at,Ididnottakepridein.IamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou.AConclusionPunctuationexiststohelpusmakesenseofthewordswereadorwrite.ThePunctuationMarkscomma,fullstop/period.semicolon;colon:questionmark?exclamationmark!quotationmarks“”/‘’apostrophe’parenthese

6、s()brackets[]dash—ellipsismark…Doyouknowhowmanykindsofpunctuationmarksthereare?hyphen-virgule/WhatarethefunctionsofPunctuation?Toterminateandseparate.!?Toconnectandseparate,;Connectingtwoseparateideas-ConnectingtwoormorewordsTointroduce,:—Introducingpar

7、allelexamplesToenclose,—()[]“”/‘’EnclosingthedirectspeechorthequotedwordsInsertingandenclosingadditionalmaterialEnclosingadditionalinformationTheDetailedUsageofPunctuationMarkscommaperiodsemicoloncolonquestionmarkexclamationmarkquotationmarksparentheses

8、bracketsdashhyphenapostrophevirguleellipsismarksTheUsageofCommausedincompoundsentencesusedtoseparateadverbialclausesorphrasesfromthemainclauseusedtointroducenon-restrictiveclausesorphrasesusedtoseparateparallelstructures(ormakeal