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標點符號的運用（Punctuation）
當我們說話時，會提高音亮來加強語氣，會停頓來表示語意說畢，而在文字表達上，標點符號便擔當著重要的角色，例如：表示句子完結，詢問句，對話等。有時候，標點符號更可將說話時較難表達的意思提出來，如直接引述別人的語句或文章。如果要讀者明白文章內容，便須正確運用標點符號了。
第三課：分號 Semicolon
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分號最常用於兩子句之間，其分隔度較逗號為，大但較句號為小，通常用作表示句子中兩子句意思相連。
（1）
以分號化替句號來分隔兩相關獨立子句（Independent
Clauses）.
Independent
clause;
independent clause.
例子：
The
student parking lot is half empty at 3:30p.m.;
this must be a commuter campus.
Spring
is here; the birds are
warbling with joy.
注意：
如果使用
coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet or so)，則用逗號
comma，而不是分號，詳情請看第一課之逗號。
（2）
當其中一獨立子句（Independent
Clause）中包含逗號時，以分號來分隔兩子句.
Independent
clause; coordinating
conjunction independent clause, containing commas.
Independent
clause, one that contains commas;
coordinating conjunction independent clause, one that contains
commas.
例子：
For
anything worth having one must pay the price;
and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.
（3）
當要使用連接副詞（Conjunctive
Adverbs, e.g. therefore, however）或其他連接語（Transitional
Expressions, e.g. in addition, on the other hand）來聯結子句時，以分號作分隔.
Independent
clause; conjunctive
adverb or other transition expression independent clause.
例子：
His
mother claimed to be interested in swimming;
however, she didn’t know the
difference between orthodox breaststroke（蛙式）and
butterfly stroke（蝴蝶式）.
If
you give children too much freedom, they will never learn to control
themselves;
on the other hand, if you give them too
little, they will never become self-reliant.
（4）
利用分號來分開較長或含有逗號的串聯字、短語或子句.
Independent
clause that includes a series of items, each or all of which contain
commas, another item in the series, another item in the series.
例子：
We
need the following representatives: a person who speaks Mandarin,
Japanese, or Korean; a lawyer with a background in civil rights; and
a professor of art, literature, or some other area within the
humanities.
（5）
避免錯用分號
I）在一依賴子句子獨立子句之間，不使用分號
例子：
錯誤句子：
Although the new computers had
arrived at the college;
the computer lab was still being built.
正確句子：
Although the new computers had
arrived at the college,
the computer lab was still being built.
II）在介紹資料或名單時，不使用分號，而是用冒號（：）
例子：
錯誤句子：
The students’ demands
included the following;
an expanded menu in the cafeteria, better janitorial services, and
more up-to-date textbooks.
正確句子：
The students’ demands
included the following: an
expanded menu in the cafeteria, better janitorial services, and more
up-to-date textbooks.
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