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1.句号 Period [.]
用以表示一个句子的结束：
Hockey is a popular sport in Canada.
The federal government is based in Ottawa.
用在缩写中：
B.C.is the province located on the West Coast.
Dr.Bethune was a Canadian who worked in China.
The company is located at 888 Bay St.in Toronto.
It is 4:00 p.m.in Halifax right now.
2.问号 Question Mark ]
在句子的结尾使用问号表示是直接疑问句：How many provinces are there in Canada?
注意：在间接疑问句结尾不要加问号：
The teacher asked the class a question.
Do not ask me why.
3.叹号 Exclamation Mark [!]
在句子的结尾使用叹号表示惊讶、兴奋等情绪：
We won the Stanley Cup!
The forest is on fire!
4.逗号 Comma [,]
句子中的停顿：Therefore,we should write a letter to the prime minister.
在疑问句中引出说话人："I can come today," she said,"but not tomorrow."
排列三个或以上的名词：Ontario,Quebec,and B.C.are the three biggest provinces.
引出定语从句：Emily Carr,who was born in 1871,was a great painter.
5.单引号 Apostrophe [']
表示所有:This is David's computer.
These are the player's things.(Things that belong to the player)
Note:对于复数形式的名词,只加'
These are the players' things.(Things that belong to the players)
缩写I don't know how to fix it.
6.引号Quotation Marks ["]
直接引出某人说的话：
The prime minister said,"We will win the election."
"I can come today," she said,"but not tomorrow."
7.冒号Colon [:]
引出一系列名词：There are three positions in hockey:goalie,defense,and forward.
引出一个较长的引语：The prime minister said:"We will fight.We will not give up.We will win the next election."
8.分号Semicolon [;]
将两个相关的句子连接起来：The festival is very popular; people from all over the world visit each year.
和逗号一同使用引出一系列名词：The three biggest cities in Canada are Toronto,Ontario; Montreal,Quebec; and Vancouver,B.C.
9.破折号Dash [-]
在一个句子前作总结：Mild,wet,and cloudy - these are the characteristics of weather in Vancouver.
在一个句子的前面或后面加入额外的注释：The children - Pierre,Laura,and Ashley - went to the store.Most Canadians - but not all - voted in the last election.
表示某人在说话过程中被打断：The woman said,"I want to ask - " when the earthquake began to shake the room.
10.连字符Hyphen [-]
连接两个单词：sweet-smelling; fire-resistant
将前缀：anti-Canadian; non-contact
在数字中使用：one-quarter; twenty-three
符号是指一个社会全体成员共同约定的用来表示某种意义的记号或标记。来源于规定或者约定俗成，其形式简单，种类繁多，用途广泛，具有很强的艺术魅力。
乐趣小鱼
英语中共有14个标点符号，分别是：the period （句号 ），question mark （问号），exclamation point（感叹号）， comma（逗号），semicolon（分号），colon（冒号）。
dash（破折号），hyphen（连字符），parentheses（圆括号），brackets（括号 ），braces（括弧）， apostrophe（撇号； 省略符号； 所有格符号），quotation marks（引号），and ellipses（省略号）。
Apostrophe（’）的用法
撇号或省字号Apostrophe（’）
1、构成名词所有格。
rest my son’s
a moment’s books
A three weeks’pay
2、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。
3、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）。
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英文中有小括号。一、小括号表示附加或补充。如：The day before one of my midterm history exams, I still hadn’t found time to read the first book on the reading list. (That, of course, is a very common disease at Harvard.) 在期中历史考试的前一天，我还未曾找出时间阅读书单上的第一本书哩。(这当然是哈佛的一种通病。)二、小括号表示数码。I prefer the gray suit because (1) it is made of material that will not wrinkle easily and (2) it is conservative in color and pattern. 我选择灰色服装，因为(1)其料不易有皱褶，(2)其颜色和式样也朴素。三、小括号表示非限制性定语从句，当然这里也可以用逗号来代表非限制性定语从句。The President (who is arriving today) has been ill. 总统(今天到达)刚生过病。四、小括号表示列举事物，也可以用冒号表示列举事物。Don’t eat too many dairy foods (milk，butter，and cheese). 不要吃太多的奶制品(牛奶、牛油和奶酪)。五、在数学算式中，小括号表示要先算括号内的算式。如：(3+1)÷2=4÷2=2.希望我能帮助你解疑释惑。
