Punctuation 標點符號

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In English, we use different types of "punctuations" as follows:
在英文裡面有不同的標點符號:

! A& G$ t; L" T8 n( R(1) Full-stop　(句號) - " . "
0 v- a/ q3 {1 x$ V9 cWe put "full-stop" at the end of a sentence.
, V3 F0 b) t1 B( B- F5 _我們會在句子的最尾加上句號。
: C6 g0 @1 V8 \" ^* ~" X1 z) c/ BWe may also put "full-stop" after specific words like "Mr.", "Mrs." or "Dr."
$ z% B$ ?1 |6 V# w, e; l4 [% r我們也可在特定的名稱後加上句號。

(2) Comma　(逗號) - " , "
We put "comma" in a sentence to separate different parts of it.
0 [- y( e. S6 Y4 H我們會在句子中間用逗號把不同部份分開。

3 M2 Z$ g% W5 d4 z7 K7 |( D+ u7 E# J(3) Question mark　(問號) - " ? "
We put "question mark" at the end of a question.
, y- b0 D" I% u我們會在問題句的最後加上問號。

9 n5 \0 }) j9 e+ n" R" A(4) Exclamation mark　(感嘆號) - " ! "
We put "exclamation mark" at the end of a sentence to emphasize the meanings.
/ g4 N$ D) ]. U! V! ^0 f4 B( U我們會用感嘆號來加重句子的語氣。

0 ?7 E7 |& Q, X. S, a8 S- g' d(5) Inverted commas　(引號) - " 　　"  or　'　　'
We use "inverted commas" to quote specific words spoken by someone.
我們用引號來特別指出特定的字。

(6) Apostrophe　(撇號) - "　'　"
( s5 Y5 ]9 u# E6 Q- WWe use this punctuation to express that a thing belongs to a certain person or some people.
5 q! [$ j5 i) ~" I3 f4 {3 u: e! V我們用這個標點符號來表示一個東西是屬於某人或某些人的。

8 e# Y' I# j" k# I# `+ A) d3 j(7) Colon　(冒號) - " : "
We use "colon" to express some examples.
& o  ?3 i; S* `2 q2 U$ x& S8 n& x我們用冒號來帶出句子中的例子。
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; p1 j0 V: j1 d/ ?* ?(8) Semi-colon　(分號) - " ; "
* S; T8 q0 t9 jWe can use "semi-colon" to separate two short sentences which have similar meanings.
我們用分號來把兩個意思接近的短句分開。
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(9) Dash　(破折號) - " - "
8 B1 w6 A' ]+ `( t: L0 oWe use "dash" in a sentence to emphasize an explanation or a part of a sentence.
( K3 y& z% J; k我們用破折號來強調句子中一個解釋或一個句子的部份。
         
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comma比较常见

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dash也是

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colon好像列