英语中的标点符号如何正确使用？不同标点分别适用于哪些句子？-英文标点符号的用法指南

标点符号是句子的重要组成部分，承担着构建句子框架和结构的重任。在写作时，我们常常会把全部注意力放到写作内容上，而忽略标点符号。靠着“，”和“.”走天下，虽然也不是不行，但是，正确使用标点符号会使你的文章内容与逻辑更加清晰！

并且，英文标点符号的使用与中文有很大差别，一旦照搬中文的标点使用方法，会暴露写作者缺乏英文写作的基本专业知识。这一点在高中、大学的essay写作中可是致命缺点哦~

正确使用标点符号从娃娃抓起！一起来看看“不被放在眼里”的标点符号都有哪些学问吧！

Full stop .

1. 表示一个句子的结束
Xiao Hou is trustworthy.

2. 表示缩写单词
Telephone Number = Tel. No.
September = Sept.

3. 标注时间和日期
We weak up at 6.45 in the morning.

Comma ,

1. 用来分割未完的长句
There is no uniform, but we have to wear clean clothes.

2. 用来分割同类并列的事项，相当于中文的顿号“、”
I live with my dad, my mom, my brother and my dog.

3. 接连两个“，”用来表示插入语
My mom, who I love the most, is a doctor.

注意：在写作时，我们常常把full stop与comma混用，这与我们中文碎片化的表达习惯有关，但是！在英文中，一个主谓宾完整的句子一定要以full stop（.）或exclamation mark（!）结尾。如果想用comma（,）连接两个主谓宾齐全的句子，则一定要加入连词（and, but…）

e.g：

There is no uniform, we have to wear clean clothes. （X）
There is no uniform, but we have to wear clean clothes. （√）
There is no uniform. We have to wear clean clothes.（√）

Question mark ?

1.用在问句结尾
What is she doing?

注：当问句以陈述的形式表达出来时则不需要Question mark:
I wonder what she is doing now.

Exclamation mark !

1. 用在句子结尾表示生气、惊讶或者警示
How disgraceful!
I’m so excited!
Attention!

Colon :

1. 用于列举前
I live with four people: My mom, my dad, my brother and my sister.

注:比较一下下面两个句子，体会一下列举时，什么时候加“：”，什么时候不加

I live with four people: My mom, my dad, my brother and my sister.

I live with my dad, my mom, my brother and my sister.

2. 用于引用、总结前
The guides always gave the same advice: “Leave them alone, and they will leave you alone.”

The television shows the realisation of human’s dream: that knowledge and experience can be shared across the boundaries of time and space.

3. 通信
Dear Ms.Smith:

4. 用于强调
There is only one thing that I care about: your safety.

Semicolon ;

1. 用来分割两个完整的、相关的句子
Don’t go near the lions; they could bite you.

2. 用来分割详细列举的同类并列事项
The conference was attended by people from Paris, France; Paris, Texas; London, UK; Stockholm, Sweden; Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Mumbai, India.

（可以理解为中文的排比句，semicolon前后的句子/短语为并列关系）

注：semicolon有时可以理解为是and, for, yet, but, so, or的替换