问号 Question Mark ?
1. 问号用于结束直接问句(direct question),如果是间接问句(indirect question)则用句号。
例子:直接问句(direct question)
What can I do for you?
I want to go, but how can?
“When will you go to school?” he asked.
例子:间接问句(indirect question)
She asked me when you could go.
2. 问号可用于某些句子结尾当作问题,以表示怀疑或不肯定。
例子:
You actually like David?
(注意:这句子用问号或句号会有不同意思。)
3. 将问号加上括号,可用作不肯定的日期或数字。
例子:
Mary Browns, an English author who was born in 1578(?)and died in 1630, wrote pamphlets on women's rights.
感叹号 Exclamation Point !
感叹号可作加强语气,表示叹息、命令、惊慌或不信任等,可放在一句子、分句或短语之后。
例子:
Help!
Peter! Look out behind you!
“Oh no! There's been an accident!” cried my sister.
Get out of my way!Now!
注意:当使用问号或感叹号时,不要再跟着使用逗号或句号。
例子:
错误句子: She asked, “How are you?.”
正确句子: She asked, “How are you?”
错误句子: “You can't do that again!,”ordered my father.
正确句子: “You can't do that again!” ordered my father.