托福寫作英文標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號用法大全(2)

　　1.與中文一樣，分號用于分隔地位平等的獨(dú)立子句。在某些情況下，使用分號比使用句點(diǎn)更顯出子句之間的緊密聯(lián)系，另外分號也經(jīng)常與連接副詞 thus, however, therefore一起使用(放在這些詞語之前)。如 I realize I need exercise; however, I’ll lie down first to think about it.

　　2.在句子中如果已經(jīng)使用過逗點(diǎn)，為了避免歧義的產(chǎn)生，就用分號來分隔相似的內(nèi)容。如 The employees were Tom Hanks, the manager; Jim White, the engineer; and Dr. Jack Lee.

　　需要注意的是：一個(gè)完整的句子以大寫字母開始，以句點(diǎn)結(jié)束。寫英文時(shí)用逗點(diǎn)代替句點(diǎn)、分號、冒號或破折號叫“逗號錯”，這正是中國學(xué)生所要避免的。

　　請比較下列例句：

　　誤：It was raining hard, they could not work in the fields.

　　(注意：上面句子中劃橫線的部分是兩個(gè)不同的主語，而且逗點(diǎn)前后的句子是完整的-----單獨(dú)拿出來都能代表一個(gè)完整的意思。因此，用逗號違反了英文規(guī)定，即一個(gè)句子只能有一套主干。)

　　正：It was raining hard; they could not work in the fields.

　　It was raining hard. They could not work in the fields.

　　It was raining so hard that they could not work in the fields.

　　They could not work in the fields because it was raining hard.

　　It was raining hard, so they could not work in the fields.

　　As it was raining hard, they could not work in the fields.

　　誤：The essay is poorly organized, there is no central idea.

　　正：The essay is poorly organized; there is no central idea.

　　The essay is poorly organized: there is no central idea.

　　五、托福寫作中冒號英文標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號用法——冒號(：)

　　1.冒號用于對后面內(nèi)容的介紹或解釋，如 This is her plan: go shopping.

　　2.冒號用于名單之前，特別是一個(gè)豎排的名單。

　　We transferred three employees to new branches:

　　Tony Wang to New York City

　　Mike Jackson to Tokyo

　　Mark Foster to Paris

　　當(dāng)名單橫排的時(shí)候，冒號要用在一個(gè)完整的句子之后，如 We need seven people: three students, three engineers, and a professor.

　　3.冒號用于一個(gè)正式的引用之前。如 The professor said: “It was horrible.”

　　4.冒號也可用于商業(yè)或正式信函的稱謂后面，如 Dear Mr. Lee:(美國英語中，信件或演說詞的稱呼語之后用冒號，而在英國英語中多用逗號。)

　　5.冒號用于數(shù)字時(shí)間的表示，如16:45 或 4:45 p.m.

　　6.冒號用于主標(biāo)題和副標(biāo)題之間，如 Web Directory: World and Non-U.S. Economic Data

　　六、托福寫作中英文標(biāo)點(diǎn)逗點(diǎn)用法——逗點(diǎn)(，)

　　1.逗點(diǎn)用于分隔一系列的簡單內(nèi)容，如 I will go to Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen.

　　2.逗點(diǎn)用于修飾名詞的多個(gè)形容詞之間，如 a small, fancy bike

　　3.逗點(diǎn)用于連接兩個(gè)較長的獨(dú)立子句，而且每個(gè)句子的主語不同，如 The Grizzlies were out of timeouts, and Miller missed a desperation 3-pointer as time expired.

　　4.逗點(diǎn)用于關(guān)聯(lián)的子句之間，如 Since he’s your younger brother, please take care of him.

　　5.逗點(diǎn)用于一個(gè)較長的修飾短語之后，如 In the middle of the coldest winter on record, the pipes froze.

　　6.逗點(diǎn)用于直接引用的句子之前，如 Mary said, “Let’s go fishing.”(注意：這里說的和上面提及的冒號在直接引語中的使用不一樣。如果是引用比較正式的發(fā)言講話就要用冒號，一般情況下就用逗點(diǎn)。)

　　如果句中含有間接引用就不需要逗點(diǎn)，如 Mary said we should go fishing.

　　在反問句之前要使用逗點(diǎn)，

　　如 :He worked very hard, didn’t he?

　　以上是比較常用的標(biāo)點(diǎn),下面列出一些次常用的標(biāo)點(diǎn)。