常用标点符号用法

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.

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.

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.

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!

引号 Apostrophe ["]

表示所有：
This is David"s computer.
These are the player"s things. （things that belong to the player）

注意: 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.

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.

冒号 Colon [:]

引出一系列名词：
There are three positions in hockey: goalie, defence, 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.

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.

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.

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