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3. The exclamation point at
the end of a sentence signals emotion. |
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English |
تضيع! |
Get lost! |
فالرجاء ترك! |
Please leave! |
4. The comma is used in a sentence
to separate ideas. |
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English |
ولست بحاجة الى شراء التفاح ، والبرتقال ، والكمثرى. |
I need to purchase apples,
oranges, and pears. |
يمكن جون ، جين ، وسالي خطوة الى الامام. |
Could John,
Jane, and Sally step forward. |
5. Words enclosed in parentheses
provide extra information. |
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English |
ولست بحاجة الى شراء التفاح ، والبرتقال ، والكمثرى. |
I need to purchase apples,
oranges, and pears. |
يمكن جون ، جين ، وsalley خطوة الى الامام. |
Could John,
Jane, and Salley step forward.
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6. We used quotation marks
to enclose stated words. |
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English |
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John said, "I
will not go!" |
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"I'm
confined to the use of a wheelchair,"
said Tim. |
7. A semicolon is used to join
two related thoughts of equal importance. |
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English |
| The new bus arrived; we put it into immediate service. |
الباص الجديد وصل ؛ نضع فورا الى الخدمة. |
Today is payday; our cheques are deposited directly to our banks. |
اليوم هو يوم الدفع ؛ اعمالنا الشيكات المودعه مباشرة الى المصارف لدينا. |
A semicolon ";"
is used before a word that inroduces a list. |
| The fruit on sale today are; apples, peaches, pears, and oranges. |
ثمرة على بيع اليوم ؛ التفاح ، والخوخ ، الاجاص ،والبرتقال. |
8. A colon ":"
is a stop to let the reader know something important is coming. |
English |
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| Please complete the following jobs: file reporting, interviews, and follow-ups. |
يرجى ملء الوظائف التالية : ملف التقارير ، والمقابلات ، ومتابعتها. |
Administrators are responsible
for: safety, moral, scheduling, and wages. |
المديرون مسؤولون عن : السلامة ، والمعنوية ،والجدوله ، والاجور. |
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