Punctuation 標點符號

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In English, we use different types of "punctuations" as follows:
在英文裡面有不同的標點符號:

(1) Full-stop　(句號) - " . "
" W' d( A4 s, SWe put "full-stop" at the end of a sentence.
我們會在句子的最尾加上句號。
% a" I/ ?7 q1 t7 G: H6 @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。
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! r! R+ V4 b4 c% O% z: P: ?1 B(2) Comma　(逗號) - " , "
We put "comma" in a sentence to separate different parts of it.
我們會在句子中間用逗號把不同部份分開。

(3) Question mark　(問號) - " ? "
We put "question mark" at the end of a question.
0 ~" y0 w- J/ I) B: m! @- h- O我們會在問題句的最後加上問號。
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( A3 i# H5 ]" d, i' ^* g(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　'　　'
We use "inverted commas" to quote specific words spoken by someone.
) h& i% N% g$ X, |1 z: W我們用引號來特別指出特定的字。

(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。
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(7) Colon　(冒號) - " : "
We use "colon" to express some examples.
& Q( Z/ ~+ @  L" b我們用冒號來帶出句子中的例子。
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  A, r$ r' [, V- d2 P(8) Semi-colon　(分號) - " ; "
6 }# ~' }8 D5 f, x) Y+ k0 qWe can use "semi-colon" to separate two short sentences which have similar meanings.
0 N( w6 d/ F3 J& v! t8 z" i) Q8 D0 h我們用分號來把兩個意思接近的短句分開。

(9) Dash　(破折號) - " - "
. R5 b, B7 b: U1 bWe use "dash" in a sentence to emphasize an explanation or a part of a sentence.
* y5 a% L9 w  g& d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