punctuation-英语标点的使用.ppt

Punctuation

Whydowepunctuatesentences?

Readthefollowingpassagewithoutpunctuation.IwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompanyfortwoyearsIhavebeenemployedasasalesclerkfortheJonesstoreIsoldnothingthatIdidnottakeprideinIamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou

LookathowmucheasieritistoreadwithpunctuationIwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompany.FortwoyearsIhavebeenemployedasasalesclerkfortheJonesstore.IsoldnothingthatIdidnottakepridein.IamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou.Lookatwhathappenswhenwechangethepositionofthepunctuationmarks.Iwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompanyfortwoyears.Ihavebeenemployed.AsasalesclerkfortheJonesstoreIsoldnothing.That,Ididnottakepridein.IamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou.Itactuallychangesthemeaningofthepassage.Iwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompany.FortwoyearsIhavebeenemployedasasalesclerkfortheJonesstore.IsoldnothingthatIdidnottakepridein.IamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou.Iwouldliketoapplyforajobwithyourcompanyfortwoyears.Ihavebeenemployed.AsasalesclerkfortheJonesstoreIsoldnothing.That,Ididnottakepridein.IamsureitwillbethesameifIworkforyou.

AConclusionPunctuationexiststohelpusmakesenseofthewordswereadorwrite.

ThePunctuationMarkscomma,fullstop/period.semicolon;colon:questionmark?exclamationmark!quotationmarks“”/‘’apostrophe’parentheses()brackets[]dash—ellipsismark…Doyouknowhowmanykindsofpunctuationmarksthereare?hyphen-virgule/

WhatarethefunctionsofPunctuation?Toterminateandseparate.!?Toconnectandseparate,;Connectingtwoseparateideas-ConnectingtwoormorewordsTointroduce,:—IntroducingparallelexamplesToenclose,—()[]“”/‘’EnclosingthedirectspeechorthequotedwordsInsertingandenclosingaddit