英文标点符号用法(句号分号冒号问号感叹号).ppt

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1、。FullstopAperiod(AmericanEnglish)orfullstop(BritishEnglish)isthepunctuationmarkcommonlyplacedattheendofsentences.Youuseitlikeaknifetocutthesentencestotherequiredlength.Generally,youcanbreakupthesentencesusingthefullstopattheendofalogicalandcompletethoug

2、htthatlooksandsoundsrighttoyou.Usethefullstoptomarktheendofasentencewhichisnotaquestionoranexclamation.RomeisthecapitalofItaly.IwasborninAustraliaandnowliveinIndonesia.Notes：（1）Hehasonlybeentheretwoorthreetimes.（陈述句）（2）Putthedictionaryontheshelf.（祈使句）（3

3、）Don’tcry.（用句号）Lookout!（用感叹号）（4）Willyouweightit,please.（表请求）2.toindicateanabbreviation（缩略词）Iwillbeinbetween6a.m.and7p.m.kg.千克c.c.（或cc.）立方厘米a.m.上午n.名词i.e.即etc.等等No.第…Mr.先生（可不用）Mrs.太太（可不用）在当代英语里，有些指集体的缩略词常不用省略句号，如：UN联合国USA美国UK联合王国CPC中国共产党3.specialcase-thr

4、eedotsThisindicatesthatonlypartofthesentenceortexthasbeenquotedorthatitisbeingleftuptothereadertocompletetherestofthesentence.TheLord'sPrayerbegins,“OurFatherwhichareinHeaven...”4.fullstopafterasinglewordSometimesasinglewordcanformthesentence.Inthiscase

5、youplaceafullstopafterthewordasyouwouldinanyothersentence."Goodbye.""Stop."?questionmarkUseaquestionmarkAttheendofalldirectquestions.Becarefulnottoputaquestionmarkattheendofanindirectquestion.Whatisyourname?You'reSpanish,aren'tyou?Heaskedmewhatmynamewas

6、.Iaskedmysisterifshehadadate.Note：Sometimesaquestionmarkcanbeplacedwithinasentence.Thereiscauseforconcern-isn'tthere?-thatthecurrentworldeconomicbalanceissofragilethatitmayleadtoaglobaleconomicdownturn.2.Rhetoricalquestions(askedwhenananswerisnotreallye

7、xpected)arequestionsanddeservetoendwithaquestionmark:Howelseshouldweendthem,afterall?WhatifIsaidtoyou,"You'vegotarealproblemhere"?Sometimesaquestionwillactuallyendwithaseriesofbriefquestions.Eachofthelittlequestionscanbeginwithalowercaseletterandendwith

8、aquestionmark.Didshebuymilk?butter?beef?eggs?Ifaquestionmarkispartofanitalicizedorunderlinedtitle,makesurethatthequestionmarkisalsoitalicized:MyfavoritebookisWhereDidHeGo?Ifthequestionmarkisnotpartofasentence-endingtitle,don'tita