Quotation Marks 引号 (当没有特别说明时为双引号“” Single QuotationMarks单引号‘ ’)1 直接引用，这是最常见的用法：1 引号内的引用句为原句： She said， “Hurry ” 她说：“快点儿。” (注意中、英标点用法不同处) “I can come today，” she said， “but not ” The sign changed from “Walk，” to “Don't walk，” to “Walk” againwithin 30 “I'm finally tired enough to get to sleep，” she (这里的引用句结尾是逗号，不可用句号喔) They shouted，“Congratulations!” through the -----------------------------------------------------2 如果引用句本身为陈述句，而整句为问句，那问号就要加在引号之后： Did he say， “I am going to college next year”? (注意是“……”？问号在引号之外喔) Do you agree with the saying，“A living dog is better than a dead lion”? (整句是问你同意引号内的那句话吗，所以问号要加在句尾)------------------------------------------------------3 如果引用句本身是个问句，那问号就要加在引号内： Did he say， “Are you going to college next year?” (这里“……?”这个问句要放在引号内。不可写成 Did he say， “Are you going to college nextyear?”?) She asked， “Will you still be my friend?” (句尾同样不可再加问号喔)------------------------------------------------------4 引用的字或短语如在整句中并无中断，这时就不必加上逗号： The phrase “lovely， dark and deep” begins to suggest ------------------------------------------------------5 如引用句属于句子的一部份，在引号前加冒号(:)： My mother's favorite quote was from Shakespeare:“This above all， to thine own self be ”------------------------------------------------------6 如果引用句内又有引用句，那就要用单引号(‘ ’)以示区别： George explained， “I heard her say， ‘Go away!’so I ” He said， “Mary said，‘Do not treat me that ’” (注意句尾的句号是在单引号内，而句尾的单引号和双引号之间不可再加标点)-------------------------------------------------------7 引用句有两段以上时，只在每一段开始用引号(“)，直到结束段最后才加引号(”)：“This is paragraph 1 (这里只用“)“This is paragraph 2 (这里也只用“)“This is paragraph ” (最后就要用“”)-------------------------------------------------------8 多人对话式引用句，各对话各占一段：“I'll do my best，”he (引用句结尾用的是逗号，而不是句号，因为接着有he said)“How old is he?”she “According to his passport he's thirty-” (这里的引用句结尾用句号，因为没有he said)“And what is his real name?”“W”“Edward Wilson，”she said ==================================================2 引用句属“无声对话”，加不加引号都可以： Oh， what a beautiful morning， Curly said to (Oh， what abeautiful morning 这句话是Curly 对自己说的，并没发出声音，不必加上引号) “Oh， what a beautiful morning!” Curly said to (加上引号也行)==================================================3 间接引用语不可加上引号： The President said that NAFTA would eventually be a boon to small businesses in both (The President said 后面的话并非原话，因此不必加上引号)2， Professor Villa told her students the textbooks were not yet in ==================================================4 文章、报告、评论、短篇故事、诗歌、戏剧、电影等标题/篇名都用引号1 在句子中提到的标题或篇名用双引号(“”)： My favorite short story is “The T” (句尾的句号放在引号内是美国式的；英国式的则放在引号外“The Treasure”) My favorite peom is Robert Frost's “D” The poem “Trees” was written by Joyce K (“Trees”在句中，不可加其他标点) “The Time Machine” is my favorite What do you think of William Shakespeare's “Henry V”? (除了句号及逗号，其他如问号等的位置，须视句子而定)--------------------------------------------------------2 在报章标题中出现的引号，应为单引号(‘ ’): Congress Cries ‘Shame!’===================================================5 特殊词汇1 当引号加在一个专门术语或特别强调的词汇上时，引号前不可加逗号： Doctors refer to the red blemish as an “” (不可写成as an， “”) Sartre's treatment of ‘being’，as opposed to his treatment of‘non-being’， has been thoroughly described in Kaufmann's (哲学上的关键概念应用单引号)转自豆瓣乔乔：英语中引号的用法
我看的英文原版书籍不下50本了，只有单引号个毛啊，误人子弟。需要英文写作的，推荐你们看看William Strunk 和 EB White 的第四版 The Elements of Style 这本书，里面讲的都是英文写作的基本规则。自己去搜索PDF下。里面包含句子结构平衡，语言逻辑，常见的错误用法等。这本书老外都认为是经典，去amazon看看销量和评论就知道了。
