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文章点击数0英语中标点符号的使用规则有哪些？
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看到这个问题后第一个想到的，就是英文标点之后要加一个空格。
经常看到中国人写英语句子，措辞华丽、语法无懈可击，但是居然标点符号后面不加空格，阅读起来真是一种折磨。
以下内容是 Google 告诉我的，似乎是04、05年左右的文章，被大量转载过，原作者我没找到。
英语标点符号校对注意事项
英语标点符号的使用
句点（.）问号（？） 感叹号（!） 逗点（,） 冒号（:）分号（;）连字符（“-”）
连接号（–） 破折号（ — ）括号（小括号 ( )；中括号[]；大括号{}）
引号（双引号“”；单引号‘’）所有格符号（’）
一、句点（.）
用于英文单词的缩写，如 Mrs., Dr., P.S. ，p.m.等。但要注意的是当缩写的字母形成了一个单词的时候就不要使用句点。如 IBM, DNA 等。
二、问号（？）
在 I wonder how you will solve the problem？之类的句子中应该使用句点而不是问号。
三、感叹号（!）
四、分号（；）
需要注意的是：一个完整的句子以大写字母开始，以句点结束。写英文时用逗点代替句点、分号、冒号或破折号叫“逗号错”，要避免。
五、冒号（:）
1.冒号用于数字时间的表示，如 16:45 或 4:45 p.m.
2.冒号用于主标题和副标题之间，如 Web Directory: World and Non-U.S. Economic Data
六、逗点（,）
1.逗点用于修饰名词的多个形容词之间，如 a small, fancy bike
2.在反问句之前要使用逗点，如 : He worked very hard, didn’t he？
七、连字号 Hyphen( -)
1.当两个或两个以上复合词并用, 而各复合词连字号后的部分相同时, 各复合词的相同部分只出现一次,应改为 the whole-or half-year lease.
2.当某复合词中出现重复的字母或过多的元音, 使阅读困难时, 可用连字号把前缀和词根分开。non-nuclear, re-use, semi-independent
3. 构成某些复合数字（在英文写作中，100 以下的数字应用英文单词写出来，不可用阿拉伯数字代替）twenty-one during the years
4.用于一个词的一部分要移行, 一般按音节间断开单词加连字号（例如：ha-ppy,不可断为hap-py……）,或根据发音,不要把单个字母留在行尾或行首。注意一页中最后一个单词不能使用连字号将其置于两页。
八、圆括弧( )
九、引号(“”‘’)
1． 表示直接引语。当直接引语超过四行或多于 40 个字词时, 一般不用引号而改用黑体字以便与文章的其它部分界线清晰。
2. 标明短篇出版物的标题, 诸如杂志、报纸上的文章、短诗、短篇故事和整部书的某一章节。
十、省略号 (...)
此省略号无论出现在句首、句中、还是句尾,都是表示单词的省略。
1. 表示直接引语中的省略
Max wrote ,“...in one word ,manps consciousness , changes with every change in the conditions of his material existence....”
句后的省略号和句号的写法应是在一条直线上的四个黑点。前三个黑点表示省略号,后一个黑点表句号。
2.表示段落或整行词句的省略, 须使用一整行黑点。
十一、撇号或省字号 (’)
1.表示词、字母、数码、符号等的复数形式
Don’t use so many ands in the sentence.
How many 5s have you got？
这与一般单词的复数形式不同, 正规的写法须在 s 前加“ ’ ”, 要牢记规则。
2.除表动词的紧缩形式外, 还表一个或几个字母和数字的省略。
I’ve got it. “Yes ,ma’ am ,”the waiter said.
注意：有相当大一部分省略词是口语中的用法，不宜出现在书面语中。例如：I’d like to(在书面语中要写作 I would like to)
十二、 字底线和斜体
斜体是英语的一种独特的书写手段, 但具有标点的作用,它和字底线的作用完全一样。
1.用于具有一定厚度的书籍、报纸、杂志、长诗、电影、作曲的标题下
Have you read Gone with the Wind ？
在书写体中,长篇小说书名下要加字底线,如是印刷体写成斜体即可。the Washington Post Time magazine
2．表示不常用的或还没有被英语这一语言所接受的外来词或短语。但外来语中的动植物科目须用字底线来表示。
In Korea , the sixty-first birthday is calld huan gup (beginning of new life) 1
He longed for La dolce vita.
汉语中有英语中没有的标点符号
⑴ 顿号（、）：英语中分割句中的并列成分多用逗号。如：She slowly, carefully, deliberately moved the box.注意：类似的情况下，最后一个逗号后可加 and。
⑵ 书名号（《》）：英文书名、报刊名用斜体或者下划线表示。如：Hamlet / Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》Winter‘s Tale / Winter‘s Tale 《冬天的童话》 The New York Times/ The New York Times 《纽约时报》
另外，英语中文章、诗歌、乐曲、电影、绘画等的名称和交通工具、航天器等专有名词也常用斜体来表示。
⑶ 间隔号（·）：汉语有间隔号，用在月份和日期、音译的名和姓等需要隔开的词语的正中间，如“一二·九”、“奥黛丽·赫本（人名）”等。英语中没有汉语的间隔号，需要间隔时多用逗点。
⑷ 着重号：英语中需强调某些成分时可借助文字斜体、某些强调性词汇、特殊句型、标点停顿等多种方法。
第三节符号在汉英两种语言中的形式不同。
⑴ 中文的句号是空心圈（。）英文的句号是实心点（.）。
⑵ 英文的省略号是三个点（...），位置在行底；中文的为六个点（……），居于行中。
⑶ 英文的破折号是（-）；中文的是（--）。
第四节 常见标点符号错误例析
(1) 顿号、书名号、句号、省略号错误。比较中英文标点符号可见,英文标点中没有中文形式的顿号、书名号、句号和省略号。而这四种标点符号成了大学英语写作中“借鉴频率较
高的符号。如:
〔错误〕1. While she is reading《Gone With the Wind》, I am cooking。
〔错误〕2. My sister bought a lot of fruits for me , such as banana 、orange 、apple and pear.
〔修改〕1. While she is reading Gone With the Wind , I am cooking. (印刷体)
或While she is reading Gone With the Wind , I am cooking. (书写体)
〔修改〕2. My sister bought a lot of fruits for me , such as banana , orange, apple and pear.
还有,英文中的省略号其实是三个句号的并列。
(2) 冒号错误。
〔错误〕3. I thought to myself :“What kind of trap is she laying ？”
〔错误〕4. He asked :“Where are you from ？”
〔错误〕5. Good manners can be seen in everyday life. For example : a person with good manners is kind and helpful to others.
〔修改〕5. Good manners can be seen in everyday life. For example , a person with good manners is kind and helpful to others.
(3) 破折号错误。
〔错误〕6. We are studying and living at the famous university — Beijing University.
〔修改〕6. We are studying and living at the famous university , Beijing University.
对于同位语,英语一般使用逗点而不用破折号。
其他错误：
(1) 引号错误。
〔错误〕13.“No pain , no gain. ”If you .
〔修改〕13. As the saying goes ,“No pain , no gain. ”
英文中短小的引语与作者提示“某某说”之类的词语之间用逗点隔开,置于引号内。不能省略提示语“某某说”之类而直接引用。
〔错误〕14. Glancing through the essay entitled“Why Not More ？ ”, Dr. Jefferson frowned thoughtfully.
〔修改〕14. Glancing through the essay entitled“Why Not More ？,”Dr. Jefferson frowned thoughtfully.
许多学生对诸如上例引号边的标点位置含糊,不清楚以下常用法:句号和逗号必须置于引号之内;冒号和分号必须置于引号之外;如果所引内容本身是疑问句或感叹句,问号和感叹号一般放在引号之内,否则,问号和感叹号则放在引号之外。
(2) 日-月-年次序的日期中的逗号错误。英语日期的表达可以用月-日-年的次序和日-月-年的次序,日和年之间加逗号而月和年之间习惯上不加逗号。例如: 误把“13 August 2002”写成“13 August , 2002”。
(3) 在部分副词如 perhaps , so 后加逗号。如:
〔错误〕16. Perhaps , I would not have such a good chance again.
〔错误〕17. So , they keep in touch with each other merely by writing letters and phoning now.以上两句的修改方法是把句中的逗号去掉。
(4) 连接号(hyphen) 错误。许多英语习作者往往随意用连接号派生单词,如把“boyfriend”写成“boy -friend”;“middle school”写成“middle -school”。在行末单词分行时,连接号使用错误更多。与之相反,若把本应有的连接号粗心删去,其单词含义可能会大相径庭。如有一年美国政府在一份贸易清单上列举了一些免税进口的物品,其中有一种是 foreign fruit —plants(外国果树苗),后来由于打字员的疏忽，漏打连接号使其成了 foreign fruit , plants(外国水果、树苗),结果导致第二年大量的水果如桔子、葡萄等从世界各地免税涌入美国市场从而使美国政府当年损失约200 多万美元。
应用逗号而没用,造成语义的表达不清。
Please send me a gross each of the red , green ,blue ,orange and black ties.
使人看了以后不知是发5 摞(1 摞= 12 打)
—红、绿、蓝、橙、黑各一摞— 领带,还是发4 摞
—红、绿、蓝、橙黑各一摞领带。这句话可改为:
①Please send me a gross each of the red , green ,blue ,orange ,and black ties. ②Please send me a gross each of the red , green ,blue ,orange-and-black ties.
该用分号的地方用了逗点, 不该用标点的地方也用了逗点,都导致了句子的错误。
①People make history , unusual people make history interesting. 此句逗点应改为分号, 这是两个独立分句。
②Mary was happiest when she was free of her parents’ scrutiny , or while she was working in her garden. 此句的并列连词是连接的成对的从句,而不是独立分句,连词前面的逗号应去掉。
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英语的标点符号里有没有顿号？
有趣的问题，以前没想到过。不过回忆一下还真的没有见过顿号。于是查了一下，只找到了下列英语中常用标点：
．period 句号
，comma 逗号
：colon 冒号
；semicolon 分号
！exclamation 惊叹号
？question mark 问号
中的顿号都用逗号取代
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