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3.
The exclamation point at the end of a sentence signals emotion. |
Chinese |
English |
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Get lost! |
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Please
leave! |
4.
The comma is used in a sentence to separate ideas.
|
Chinese |
English |
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I need to purchase apples, oranges,
and pears. |
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Could
John, Jane,
and Sally step forward. |
5.
Words enclosed in parentheses provide extra information. |
Chinese |
English |
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I need to purchase apples, oranges,
and pears. (I'm on a diet.) |
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Could
John, Jane,
and Salley step forward.
(We need volunteers.) |
6.
We used quotation marks to enclose stated words.
|
Chinese |
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.
|
Chinese |
English |
 |
The new bus arrived; we put it into immediate
service. |
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Today
is payday; our cheques are deposited
directly to our banks. |
8. A semicolon ";"
is used before a word that inroduces a list. |
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The
fruit on sale today are; apples, peaches,
pears, and oranges. |
9.
A colon ":" is a stop to let
the reader know something important is coming.
|
Chinese |
English |
 |
Please complete the following jobs: file
reporting, interviews, and follow-ups. |
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Administrators
are responsible for: safety,
moral, scheduling, and wages. |
10 . An ellipsis is used to indicate the omission of words.
|
Chinese |
English |
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"... is not responsible." |
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"Government
is not... ...for
everything." |
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"...for
everything." |
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