| GMAT考试，语法题的部分经常会出现考标点符号的，而常用的标点符号有：Semicolons分号、Colons冒号、Commas逗号、Parentheses括号、Dashes破折号、Hyphens连字号、Ellipsis省略号和Quotation marks引号。有关分号和冒号的知识点。 |
| 1. Ellipses 省略号(…) |
| a. Use an ellipsis to indicate that some words have been left out of a quotation.引用省略 |
| b. Use an ellipsis to indicate that something unwritten came earlier. |
| 例句: “… I do,”said Mimi. |
| c. Use an ellipsis to indicate a sentence trailing off. |
| Imagine this as the final sentence of a book chapter—it entices you to turn the page to read what happens next: |
| Tom and Carlos were camping in the woods, asleep in their tent, when they heard it—the sound… |
| d. Use an ellipsis to indicate a long, slow break. |
| Long, slow break: There it was again…that soft but eerie sound. |
| Fast, crisp break: |
| There it was again—that loud, crashing sound. |
| 2. Quotation marks引号(“ ”) |
| a. Use quotation mark to enclose what someone says. |
| b. Do not use quotation marks with indirect quotations. |
| c. If a quotation is half direct and half indirect, do not use quotation marks unless you want to emphasize the quotation |
| d. Thoughts or questions in someone’s mind (in other words, ideas not spoken out loud) do not need quotation marks. |
| e. Use quotation marks for definitions. |
| f. Use quotation marks for sayings. |
| g. Use quotation marks for labels, markings, signs, etc. |
| 例句：Label this container “good toys” and that one “broken toys.” |
| h. Use quotation marks to indicate the clever or silly use of a word. |
| 标点符号和双引号的位置： 1. Commas and periods always go inside the quotation mark. |
| 2. Colons and semicolons always go outside the quotation mark. |
| 3. If a quotation within a quotation, use single quotation marks around it. |
| 4. If only yes or no is quoted, you do not have to use quotation marks. |