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3. The exclamation point at
the end of a sentence signals emotion. |
Japanese |
English |
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Get lost! |
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Please
leave! |
 4. The comma is used in a
sentence to separate ideas. |
Japanese |
English |
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I need to purchase apples, oranges,
and pears. |
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Could
John, Jane,
and Sally step forward. |
4.
Words enclosed in parentheses provide extra information. |
Japanese |
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.) |
5. We used quotation marks to
enclose stated words. |
Japanese |
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. |
 6. A semicolon is used to join
two related thoughts of equal importance. |
Japanese |
English |
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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. |
 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. |
 7. A colon ":"
is a stop to let the reader know something important is coming. |
Japanese |
English |
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Please complete the following jobs: file
reporting, interviews, and follow-ups. |
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Administrators
are responsible for: safety,
moral, scheduling, and wages. |
 8. An ellipsis is used to indicate
the omission of words. |
Japanese |
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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