sábado, 30 de abril de 2016

Punctuation Marks

Punctuation mark
Name
Example
.
I like English.
,
I speak English, French and Thai.
;
I don't often go swimming; I prefer to play tennis.
:
You have two choices: finish the work today or lose the contract.
-
This is a rather out-of-date book.
_
In each town—London, Paris and Rome—we stayed in youth hostels.
?
Where is Shangri-La?
!
exclamation mark
exclamation point (AmE)
"Help!" she cried. "I can't swim!"
/
Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button.
\
C:\Files\jo.doc
“ ”
"I love you," she said.
‘ ’
'I love you,' she said.
This is John's car.
U
Have you read Harry Potter?
_
b_l@cia.gov
( )
I went to Bangkok (my favourite city) and stayed there for two weeks.
[ ]
The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had been released.
One happy customer wrote: "This is the best program...that I have ever seen."

Punctuation mark
e-mails
Name
Example
@
information@shop.com
.
dot
Source: English Club

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