|
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。
第五課 問號
Question Mark ?
及
感嘆號
Exclamation Point !
問號
Question Mark ?
1.
問號用於結束直接問句(direct
question),如果是間接問句(indirect
question)則用句號。
例子:直接問句(direct
question)
What
can I do for you?
I
want to go, but how can?
“When
will you go to school?”
he asked.
例子:間接問句(indirect
question)
She
asked me when you could go.
2.
問號可用於某些句子結尾當作問題,以表示懷疑或不肯定。
例子:
You
actually like David?
(注意:這句子用問號或句號會有不同意思。)
3.
將問號加上括號,可用作不肯定的日期或數字。
例子:
Mary
Browns, an English author who was born in 1578 (?)
and died in 1630, wrote pamphlets on women's rights.
感嘆號
Exclamation Point !
感嘆號可作加強語氣,表示嘆息、命令、驚慌或不信任等,可放在一句子、子句或短語之後。
例子:
Help!
Peter!
Look out behind you!
“Oh
no!
There's been an accident!”
cried my sister.
Get
out of my way!Now!
注意:當使用問號或感嘆號時,不要再跟著使用逗號或句號。
例子:
錯誤句子: She
asked, “How are you?.”
正確句子: She
asked, “How are you?”
錯誤句子: “You
can't do that again!,”
ordered my father.
正確句子: “You
can't do that again!”
ordered my father.
|