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عبدالقادر النمر الجمعة أكتوبر 15, 2010 10:18 am[]English Language Activities
Summary of Punctuation Marks
Mark/ Name/ Example(s)
. full stop I love Polish food.
, comma I speak Polish, Russian and English.
'World-English', as everyone knows, is the best place to study English.
; semi-colon I hate swimming; my girlfriend loves it.
Neither of us spoke; we merely waited in silence to see what would happen.
: colon You will need the following: some paper; a pencil; a pen, preferably blue or black; and your coursebook.
Joanna became a director in just four months: her father was the chief shareholder.
- hyphen He had something of a couldn't-care-less attitude to life.
--
- dash In each country -- Egypt, India and China -- we were able to communicate in English.
The following day we had better luck - but that is another story.
? question mark Where is the railway station in Skwierzyna?
! exclamation mark "Help!" he cried. "I can't swim!"
/ slash Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button.
" quotation marks "I think I'm falling in love with you," she said.
' apostrophe This is Simon's car.
( ) brackets Citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes) are rich in vitamin C.
[ ] (square) brackets The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released.
... ellipsis One satisfied customer wrote: "This is the best school ... in which I have ever studied" or in more colloquial speech "This is the best school...that I have ever studied at."
by ]Mr Abdelkader Alnemr[/i]
Summary of Punctuation Marks
Mark/ Name/ Example(s)
. full stop I love Polish food.
, comma I speak Polish, Russian and English.
'World-English', as everyone knows, is the best place to study English.
; semi-colon I hate swimming; my girlfriend loves it.
Neither of us spoke; we merely waited in silence to see what would happen.
: colon You will need the following: some paper; a pencil; a pen, preferably blue or black; and your coursebook.
Joanna became a director in just four months: her father was the chief shareholder.
- hyphen He had something of a couldn't-care-less attitude to life.
--
- dash In each country -- Egypt, India and China -- we were able to communicate in English.
The following day we had better luck - but that is another story.
? question mark Where is the railway station in Skwierzyna?
! exclamation mark "Help!" he cried. "I can't swim!"
/ slash Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button.
" quotation marks "I think I'm falling in love with you," she said.
' apostrophe This is Simon's car.
( ) brackets Citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes) are rich in vitamin C.
[ ] (square) brackets The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released.
... ellipsis One satisfied customer wrote: "This is the best school ... in which I have ever studied" or in more colloquial speech "This is the best school...that I have ever studied at."
by ]Mr Abdelkader Alnemr[/i]
