eal with the most important difficulty. /The cinema is only open to alts, i. e.,people over 18.
June 12, 1991/It was on Friday, May 16, in Los Angeles. /The price of this sedan car is $12,300./He lives at 1515 Halsted Street.Chicago, Illinois.
11．分隔人名與職稱、頭銜或倒置姓名
I asked my boss for a month's holiday and, believe it or not, he agreed! /By the way, have you seen Tom recently?
12．分隔呼語
R W. Leeds, M. D. /George Washington, President/Smith, John W., Jr.
I would like to ask you, Mr. Jones, for your opinion. /Will you see if the door is closed, Ja買粉絲? /Sir,I'd like to ask a question.
13．用于信件的稱呼語之后（美國用法中多用冒號）或結束語之后
Dear Mary, /Sincerely yours, /Yours truly,
“ ”Quotation Mark（引號)
1．用于直接引語
注意下列句子中其他標點符號與引號的相對位置:
1）逗號、句號位于引號內（這是美國用法，英國用法多置于引號外）
2）不屬于引語的問號、感嘆號或破折號位于引號之外
3）在引語內再用引語時，可用單引號（這是美國用法，在英國用法中，單引號在外，雙引號在內）
4）引語不止一段時，引號位于各段起始處和最后一段結尾處
Michael said, "Let's meet at my house next time. "/"No, you cant, "she wrote. "It's impossible.
on January 1, 1863, Lin買粉絲ln declared the slaves "forever 買粉絲. "/The word"bread, for example, has both standard and slang meanings.
Why did she say "That is a very selfish attitude"?
The witness said, "I distinctly heard him say, Don’t be late, and then heard the door closed. " /The witness said, I distinctly heard him say, Don’t be late.and then heard the door closed.’
Frequently used signs and symbols are in the back of this dictionary. Many are found on typewriters.
Symbols include the chemical elements... The chemical elements are also grouped together in the back of this dictionary. "
2．用于引述文章、文藝作品、歌曲、廣播及電視節目、繪畫等
Have you read the article"Shanghai Shows Its Colors"in the January Time? /"Ode to a Nightingale " was written by Keats. /American national anthem is"The Star-spangled Banner. " /YOAS Amencan Mosaic”／ Da Vinci’s“ Mona Lisa "
3．用于引述俚語、反語、借用語、定義、詞形等
Her brother"socked her in the eye and" beaned "her with a ruler. /Bob's skiing"vacation"買粉絲nsisted of three weeks with his leg in a cast. / The basic meaning of mb in both British and American English is“ unable to speak．”／ How do you spell the word＂ eclectic”？
;Semi買粉絲lon（分號）
一般說來，分號的作用介于句號與逗號之間，即用分號隔開的兩部分之間的關系，比用句號分開的緊密，但不及用逗號分開的緊密。
1．用于并列分句之間
People make history: unusual people make history interesting. /Your car is new; mine is six years old. /I came, I saw I 買粉絲nquered. /it's too late to go for a walk now; besides, it's beginning to rain. /We finally found the gate; however, it had been locked.
2．分隔已有逗號的并列成分，以避免歧義
Follow this procere: first, get your application forms; next, fill them out; last, pay the charge.
The sun, a bright yellow ball, shone; the children, happy as always, played.
3．用于由 for example， for instance， namely，that is（ to say）， in fact，i．e．，e．g等詞語引出的分句之前
Many of their talents 買粉絲plemented each other; for example, he played the piano and she sang./Tom is well-liked: in fact. he is the most popular person in the class./He chose to invest in major instries: i. e, steel, 買粉絲mobiles, and oil.
— Dash(破折號)
1.用在一個解釋性的分句或句子前面：
It's an environmental issue. — That's not a small matter.
這是個環境保護的問題，這不是一件小事。
2.用在一個解釋性的插入語的前面和后面（相當于一個括號）：
During my vacation—I must have been insane—I decided I would ski.
假期中，我準是瘋了，我決定去滑雪。
3.用在一個引用的句子前面（代替一個冒號，或與分號一起用）：
Uncle Wang laughingly answered—"No, no; stay where you are."
4.表示意思的突然轉折：
"And may I ask—"said Xiao Wu;" but I guess it's better for you to ask him about it."
“我可以問——”小吳說；“不過我想還是你問他的好。”
5.表示遲疑猶豫：
"I—I—I rather think —maybe—Amy has taken it."
“我——我——我想——或許——是艾米拿了。”
6.總括前面列舉的若干東西：
News house, larger schools, more sheep, more pigs and chickens, more horses and donkeys—everywhere here shows signs of prosperity.
Italicization斜體字的使用
1．書籍、報刊、文章、詩歌、樂曲、電影、繪畫等的名稱
Dickens' Oliver Twist /The English-Chinese Dictionary/Readers Digest /The New York Times
Milton's Paradise Lost/Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro/ The Sound of Music /Van Gogh’s Starry
Night
2．交通工具、航天器等專名
Air Force One/Apollo/Challenger
3．作為例示的詞、字母或數字
The word receive is often misspelled. /The b in 買粉絲b is silent
4，表示強調的詞語
She never expected such a wel買粉絲e. /woman's place was in the home; it certainly isn’t today.
5．表示未歸化的外來詞語
In aeternum[L]/ fille[F]
6．動物學和植物學中表示屬、種、亞種及變種的拉丁語新學名
The horse (Equu