英文行文格式2-省略号分号冒号问号

　　●“ I don’t know...your word.”

　　“我不太明白……你的意思。”

　　如在一句话的末尾用省略号，后面还得加句号。这样一来，四个句号就用在一起了。例如：

　　●“ What do you mean?”

　　●“ I’m sorry...”

　　4.1.4分号(;)(Semicolon)

　　4.1.4.1两个并列从句之间如不用连词(and，but，or，nor，for，so，yet)，也可用分号。例如：

　　●No one is born with knowledge; knowledge must be taught and learned.

　　●If she married that man，her parents would be unhappy; if she left him，she herself would be unhappy.

　　上面所给出的每一句都可以分成两个独立的句子并且不改变原意。但连成一句使两部分的联系比分成两句时要紧密一些。分号的主要功能便是表示意思相关的句子之间的联系。

　　有些起联系作用的副词，如however，therefore，hence，nevertheless，moreover，thus，otherwise，besides等，是不应该用作连词来联系并列从句的。在它们之前应用分号而不是逗号。例如：

　　●She planned to go with them on the trip; however，her son’s sudden illness prevented her from leaving home.

　　●The invention brought him fame; moreover, it brought him money．

　　在上面各句中，分号都不可以用逗号来代替。

　　有的人在so和yet前用分号而不用逗号，那是因为他们认为这两个词是副词。

　　4.1.4.2如果从句内已有标点，即使句中有连词仍然应该用分号。例如：

　　●Unfortunately, he couldn’t come; and his absence made things difficult for us. ●Before she came, we had expected her to help us; but when she was with us, she didn’t do much.

　　4.1.4.3如果若干个项目内已有逗号，可用分号将各项分开。例如：

　　●On the committee are quite a few well-known people; for example, Professor Zhang, Dean of the Normal College; Mr. Zhao, editor-in-chief of the local evening paper; Miss Xu, a popular actress; and Mr. Hu, Director of the Bureau

　　of Culture.

　　4.1.4.4如果一个从句内带有省略部分，可用分号把它和别的从句联系起来；省略处有时可以用逗号标出。例如：

　　●There are four winners in their university; in our university, none.

　　4.1.5冒号(：)(Colon)

　　4.1.5.1冒号可以用来引出解释语、小结部分或同位语。例如：

　　●Three causes have been given for the failure： poor planning, insufficient manpower, and the shortage of material.

　　4.1.5.2冒号用于引语或陈述句之前。例如：

　　●My grandpa often mentions one saying by Confucius：“To say you know when you know, and to say you do not when you do not, that is knowledge.”

　　4.1.5.3在表示时间时冒号可以用来区分小时与分钟，还可以表示赛事的比分，可以在事务性的信件中放在称呼之后，可在演讲稿中放在对主席和听众的称呼之后。例如：

　　●The plane leaves at 11∶16 p.m.

　　●China beat Japan 3∶0 in the women’s volleyball tournament

　　●Dear Mr. Brown：(在个人信件中逗号更常见)

　　●Ladies and gentlemen：

　　4.1.6问号(?)(Question Mark)

　　4.1.6.1问号用于直接问句之后，但间接问句后不用问号。例如：

　　●Are you a student?

　　●What’s in your big box?

　　●He asked, “Where are you going?”

　　●She asked me where I had put her book.

　　4.1.6.2陈述句和祈使句被用作问句时，句末也要加问号。例如：

　　●You read the book for us this morning?

　　●Five Yuan is enough?

　　4.1.6.3一个问句中涉及许多项目时，各项之后都可以使用问号。例如：

　　●Did he bring milk? butter? beef? eggs?

　　每个名词后面都有一问号来表示停顿，加重了对各项进行提问的语气。

　　4.1.6.4放在括号中的问号表示不能肯定它前面的那个词、数字或日期的准确性。例如：

　　●The author of the book was born in 1026(?) and died in 1106.