Punctuation 標點符號

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In English, we use different types of "punctuations" as follows:
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  f$ n6 ]& z7 y8 s4 W# ]$ n' N  d(1) Full-stop　(句號) - " . "
" S( k* s* E) ~1 d5 n: y( i: ~We put "full-stop" at the end of a sentence.
' U. d0 m# s; a, f5 Y; |$ k! h6 p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。

(2) Comma　(逗號) - " , "
; v" t0 `" i2 ?We put "comma" in a sentence to separate different parts of it.
- Z% W* l0 p2 V: U7 k我們會在句子中間用逗號把不同部份分開。

(3) Question mark　(問號) - " ? "
" J7 S# `6 {3 v5 uWe put "question mark" at the end of a question.
我們會在問題句的最後加上問號。

) D8 _7 i: ?+ L  k(4) Exclamation mark　(感嘆號) - " ! "
We 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。

(5) Inverted commas　(引號) - " 　　"  or　'　　'
9 @0 F& T( p$ P4 w. w- YWe use "inverted commas" to quote specific words spoken by someone.
我們用引號來特別指出特定的字。
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$ i2 Y: T3 W/ i- f1 y' b(6) Apostrophe　(撇號) - "　'　"
We 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。

(7) Colon　(冒號) - " : "
We use "colon" to express some examples.
我們用冒號來帶出句子中的例子。
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8 O5 A8 U8 L# `) k. W(8) Semi-colon　(分號) - " ; "
We can use "semi-colon" to separate two short sentences which have similar meanings.
: q& b2 t( i5 e- y$ U' n0 }我們用分號來把兩個意思接近的短句分開。

(9) Dash　(破折號) - " - "
/ _0 Q- x% ]6 p3 SWe 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