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. |