English lesson 9

pp95

English lesson 9

I would like to tell you about punctuation this time:

我这一次想告诉你"标点符号"

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In British English, single quotation marks are used.

在英国式的英语,单引号被用.
‘Help! I’m drowning!’

In American English, double quotation marks are used.

在美国式英语,双引号被用:
“Help! I’m drowning!”

You can choose single or double quotation marks according to the place you work. If you work in the places like the UK and those countries which used to be part of the British Empire like Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, … they are called The Commonwealth Countries. You can ask them first if they are The Commonwealth Countries. People won’t be offended. You have to use the UK rule in those countries. While in America, you can use America rules.

你可以选择用单引号或者双引号,看你处于什么地方.当你在英国或者过去是英国殖民区的地方,如新加坡,马来西亚,加拿大,...这些共和联邦直辖区,你用单引号.如果在美国,就用双引号.


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Anyway, whether in America or the UK, these are the rules of punctuation you should keep in mind.

无论如何,不管在美国或者英国,这些标点符号的规则你要铭记在心.

The things you must pay attention to:

这些东西你要注意:

(a) There is a comma after the word ‘said’. There is no full stop after quotation marks.

有逗号在‘said’这个字后面.没有句号在引号后面

Correct sentence:正确的句子:
She said, ‘I don’t want to talk to you anymore.’ She left the house after she said that.

Wrong sentence:错误的句子:
She said, ‘I don’t want to talk to you anymore.’. She left the house after she said that.

(This sentence is wrong because there is a full stop between  ‘I don’t want to talk to you anymore.’ and‘She left the house..’, so the sentence is considered wrong. )

(这个句子错误因为有句号在‘I don’t want to talk to you anymore.’ 和‘She left the house..’中间.)

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(b) Don’t leave a space in each sentence. Look at the examples below.

不要留下任何空间(把...间隔开)在一个句子

Correct sentences:正确的句子:

She said, ‘…’
I want to go home.
What do you want to do?
For example,
A bouquet of red, pink, blue and white roses.
Get out of here!

(There is no space immediately after ‘said’,  or after every sentence.)

(没有任何空间在‘said’这个字之后,或者在每个句子后面)
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Note:注意"

(It is wrong to call this country British, Britain, or Briton. We should call this country ‘the UK’)
(We should add article ‘the’ to ‘USA’. We should write or say ‘the USA’)

(称呼British, Britain, or Briton是错误的.我们应该称呼‘the UK’)
(我们应该加上冠词 ‘the’ 在 ‘USA’前面. 我们应该说 ‘the USA’)


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