目錄
Part One Punctuation
Ⅰ End punctuation marks
1 Period (.)
1)As end-up signal
2)As omission signal
3)As decimal marker
4)As separator
2 Question mark ( ? )
1)Used after every direct question, including a short within-sentence
parenthetical question
2)Used within parentheses to express the writer's uncertainty about the
correctness of some facts
3 Exclamation point ( ! )
Ⅱ Internal punctuation marks
1 Comma (,)
1)As introducer
2)As coordinator
3)As inserter
4)As linker
5)As separator
6)As indicator
2 Semicolon ( ; )
1)Between two sentences that are closely connected in idea, or independent
clauses when they are not joined by the coordinating conjunctions
and, but, for, or and nor
2)Before sentence connectors and some transitional phrases (connectors like
however, therefore, nevertheless, moreover, furthermore, etc.;
transitional phrases like for example, as a result, that is, in fact, etc.)
3)Between items in a series when any of the items listed already contains
commas, or when the clause-items are long
3 Colon ( : )
1)To introduce a list of appositives, or a list of any other kind that
is introduced by such words as the following or as follows
2)To introduce formally a direct quotation
3)To connect two independent clauses when the second clause
enlarges on or explains the first
4)To separate the main title and subtitle of a book, an article or a play
5)To separate the hours and minutes
6)To follow the salutation of a formal letter or the introductory remark
of a speaker to the chairman and audience
4 Dash (--)
1)Used to emphasize
2)Used to mark a sudden break in thought, an interruption,
or an abrupt change in tone
3)Used to set offa series of appositives
4)Used to separate a summarizing clause from a series of items
5)Used to set offa parenthetical element that is very abrupt
or that has commas within it
6)Used to indicate the omission of letters or words
5 Virgule ( / )
1)Used to indicate alternatives
2)Used to indicate an abbreviated form
3)Used to represent per in abbreviations of rates and rations
4)Used to separate divisions of a period of time
5)Used to separate run-in lines of poetry
Ⅲ Enclosing marks
1 Quotation marks ( )(' ' )
1)Three basic functions of quotation marks
2)Rules for punctuation associated with quotation marks
3)British style compared with American style
2 Parentheses (())
1)Functions of parentheses
2)Mechanics in writing the parenthetical information
3 Brackets ( [ ] )
1)To insert comments or explanations, and supplied omissions added to
a quotation by the person quoting
2)To enclose the Latin word sic (so/thus)to indicate strange usage
or an error such as misspelling or incorrect grammar in a quotation
3)To provide parenthetical information within parentheses
4)To enclose English phonetic symbols
Ⅳ Punctuation of individual words and of terms
1 Apostrophe (')
1)To help to form the possessive case of~ a noun or an indefinite pronoun
2)To indicate that one or more letters have been omitted from a word or phrase,
resulting in a contraction
3)To signal the plural of letters, figures, symbols, and words (First italicize
or underline the element, and then add a non-italicized "'s.")
2 Ellipses/Ellipsis points (...)
1)To indicate the omission of words from a quotation
2)To indicate hesitation, pauses, or a sudden halt in speech
3 Hyphen ( - )
1)Used to connect parts of a compound adjective modifying a noun
2)Used to connect parts of a compound noun
3)Used to connect parts of a compound number or fraction when it is written out
4)Used to connect parts of a compound verb
5)Used to connect parts of an inclusive number or date
6)Used to connect parts of a word whose prefix is separated from its main stem
7)Used to connect parts of a word divided at the end of a line
Part Two Capitalization
Part Three Numbers and Abbreviations
Part Four Italks
Part Five Hyphens and Syllabification
Part Six Documentation
Part Seven Com mon Sentence Problems
Abbreviations of American State Names
Roman Numerals
Correction Symbols
Bibliography
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