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
一、冒号在英文中的用法1、冒号用于对后面内容的介绍或解释,如 This is her plan: go 2、冒号用于名单之前,特别是一个竖排的名单。We transferred three employees to new branches:· Tony Wang to New York City· Mike Jackson to Tokyo· Mark Foster to Paris当名单横排的时候,冒号要用在一个完整的句子之后,如 We need seven people: three students,three engineers,and a 3、冒号用于一个正式的引用之前。如 The professor said: “It was ”4、冒号也可用于商业或正式信函的称谓后面。如 Dear M Lee:(美国英语中,信件或演说词的称呼语之后用冒号,而在英国英语中多用逗号。)5、冒号用于数字时间的表示,如16:45 或4:45 6、冒号用于主标题和副标题之间,如 Web Directory: World and Non-US Economic Data二、引号在英文中的用法引号分单引号(single quotation marks) 和双引号(double quotation marks) 。单引号只用在一个直接引语中所含有的另一个直接引语上。1、表示直接引语。当直接引语超过四行或多于40个字词时, 一般不用引号而改用黑体字以便与文章的其它部分界线清晰。"Well, "the foreigner said to him," you look like an "句号和逗号必须置于引号(双引号和单引号) 之内。2、标明短篇出版物的标题, 诸如杂志、报纸上的文章、短诗、短篇故事和整部书的某一章节。Have you read "The Old Man and the Sea"?Chapter three is entitled "The I"3、表示所用的词语具有特殊意义。另外,当俚语出现在较正式的文章中, 也用引号引起来, 以表示文风的有意转变。The report contained the "facts" of the The speaker owns a "fat farm" in California, which slims down rich overeaters for $2 , 500 a 4、 用于表示引起读者注意的词语, 或读者不熟悉的特殊词语。It is customary to say "Youpre welcome" whenever anyone says "Thank ""SOS" is a message for help from a ship or aircraft when in 三、问题中的句子要加冒号和引号。扩展资料:1、冒号用在公函上收信人的称呼Dear Sir: We were very honored to have you come visit our 2、冒号用于分开标题和副标题(当一标题需要进一步说明时所加上的副标题)Math Applications: Using Calculus to Determine the Age of Rocks (标题MathApplications和副标题Using Calculus to Determine the Age of Rocks之间以冒号隔开)3、冒号必须加在完整句子或独立子句之后最常见的冒号用法上的错误就是将冒号放在完整句或独立子句的中间。参考资料来源:百度百科-冒号