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:

(1) Full-stop　(句號) - " . "
We put "full-stop" at the end of a sentence.
% y( l3 H7 e' Z3 E3 J/ t我們會在句子的最尾加上句號。
We may also put "full-stop" after specific words like "Mr.", "Mrs." or "Dr."
我們也可在特定的名稱後加上句號。
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  r6 E6 E( s6 f, M9 B1 s(2) Comma　(逗號) - " , "
4 q3 c; Y6 D) K% HWe put "comma" in a sentence to separate different parts of it.
/ P. e: v9 ], |0 D3 k3 B我們會在句子中間用逗號把不同部份分開。

$ P0 x8 j7 h5 b& n(3) Question mark　(問號) - " ? "
6 }1 R* ]8 y: V+ D$ C) p0 w3 _We put "question mark" at the end of a question.
我們會在問題句的最後加上問號。
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7 C3 c+ D# l  c2 P(4) Exclamation mark　(感嘆號) - " ! "
2 b6 D* [, a# T: y; tWe put "exclamation mark" at the end of a sentence to emphasize the meanings.
我們會用感嘆號來加重句子的語氣。
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(5) Inverted commas　(引號) - " 　　"  or　'　　'
$ p+ m, z/ H7 D0 J, N1 {/ ?" QWe use "inverted commas" to quote specific words spoken by someone.
我們用引號來特別指出特定的字。

0 A1 A& T( X# c4 h(6) Apostrophe　(撇號) - "　'　"
% i8 z$ x9 u# t% o- pWe use this punctuation to express that a thing belongs to a certain person or some people.
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。

) v6 A# h! b$ d! }% T( h  J(7) Colon　(冒號) - " : "
2 p6 R# m% `$ b5 tWe use "colon" to express some examples.
9 ?+ c3 G+ M2 I2 g我們用冒號來帶出句子中的例子。
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(8) Semi-colon　(分號) - " ; "
5 y& y6 s  p% }' l: ^  ]/ d8 ~We 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) - " - "
We use "dash" in a sentence to emphasize an explanation or a part of a sentence.
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