Examples of correcting wrong sentences with punctuation marks

First of all, pauses and commas are common, and their usage is changeable.

Second, the use of semicolons is not rigid, and its function is not simple.

Third, the question mark function is quite complicated. Please answer some questions.

Fourth, don't abuse the exclamation point, the wonderful operation is amazing.

We often use colons, but not all of them are well used.

Six, a dash, a few questions to test you.

Where are you going to stand? It seems simple, but it takes time.

Eight, the position of quotation marks is very important, and there are tricks to use quotation marks well.

Nine, ellipsis can't worry, the following points should be clarified.

[Exam object]

Correct use of punctuation marks

[Pointing out the maze]

First of all, pauses and commas are common, and their usage is changeable.

1. Should pauses be used between words in the coordinate relationship?

Dial:

Not necessarily. Although pause means pause between coordinate words in a sentence, it does not mean that pause must be used between all coordinate words, such as the following situations:

Idioms

▲ The Cowherd and Weaver Girl crossing the river will surely ride the cow.

Because "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" is a well-known idiom, people are used to reading "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" constantly, so there is no need to stop.

Another example is:

▲ Learn the business of industry, agriculture and military, and save the country together.

▲ Firearms and ammunition should be well managed.

▲ His parents both studied in Japan.

▲ I have seen the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

② Emphasis words

▲ In Yan 'an, the concept of beauty has a healthier content, which is neat, simple and natural.

Because the author wants to emphasize "neatness, simplicity and naturalness", a big pause is set between these three words, so the purpose is to emphasize "neatness, simplicity and naturalness" through pause, so a comma is used instead of pause.

2. Generally speaking, when do you pause between coordinate words? When not to use commas?

Dial:

Mainly depends on the size of the pause. As I said before, one is artificial. One is necessary: when the pause is small, use the pause; When there is a big pause, use commas. So how do you judge the size of the pause? Please look at the following example:

▲ This economic cooperation zone has the advantages of rich scientific and technological information, strong industrial base, huge market and rich resources.

Because "advantage" is the last word, and "more scientific and technological information" ... richer "are all limiting elements, which serve the prefix. Of course, we can't stop.

Another situation is different:

▲ This economic cooperation zone has a large amount of scientific and technological information, a solid industrial base, a huge market and abundant resources.

Because "a lot of scientific and technological information ... rich in resources" is not an auxiliary component, you don't have to read quickly, you can read slowly, so use commas.

3. Do you use commas to express juxtaposition between words?

Dial:

Not necessarily. For example:

▲ The plane dropped rapidly, 2,000,1,500, 1,000 ... 500 meters. The towering mountain shadows pass by the plane, which is very dangerous!

Although a comma is used between several numbers, it does not represent a parallel relationship, but a continuation relationship. The altitude of the plane dropped from 2000 to 1500, and then to 1000. This is the process of decreasing altitude in flight. So the comma indicates the context, so be careful not to pause.

4. What if several parallel words with different levels appear side by side?

Dial:

Then pause and comma are used to indicate different hierarchical relationships. For example:

▲ Whether it is big, small, domestic, wild, plant or animal, it is acquired.

The first level (major level) is comma, the second level (minor level) is pause, and the third level is conjunction "and".

5. When numbers are used together, when to pause and when not to pause?

Dial:

If it is a number, indicating an approximate number, you can't use the pause symbol, otherwise it will become two numbers.

▲ I think he is only seventeen or eighteen years old.

Seventeen or eighteen is a rough figure, with no pause in the middle.

▲ After dissolution, two rows and three rows of platoon leaders came to the company.

Because "two, three" are two numbers, two rows and three rows, pause is used.

Can you use a comma before the conjunction "and"?

Dial:

If you use parallel words with fewer pauses, don't use commas. For example:

▲ After going to college, he gave some high school textbooks and teaching AIDS to the children of his neighbors.

If you connect long parallel phrases with a big pause, you can have commas. For example:

▲ As for grouping or not, and how to group, it depends on your own consideration.

7. Do you still use pause between quoted coordinate words?

Dial:

No, more standard. If you see examples of punctuation, don't pause. However, at present, most major newspapers and periodicals use pause between quoted coordinate words, which should not be regarded as a mistake.

Second, the use of semicolons is not rigid, and its function is not simple.

Does 1. semicolon only indicate the coordinate relationship between clauses?

Dial:

Although semicolons mainly indicate the coordinate relationship between clauses, they can also indicate the non-coordinate relationship. For example:

▲ Although it is a full moon, there are faint clouds in the sky, so it can't shine; But I think this is just a benefit-deep sleep is indispensable, and nap is unique.

The semicolon here does not refer to the coordinate relationship between clauses, but the first pause of multiple complex sentences, which better reveals the basic structure of sentences. There is still a turning point before and after this semicolon. Another example is:

▲ Foreign rice, foreign noodles and foreign ships are all distant things, as if they can be ignored; However, it can only be said that the rice has been sent to the dock of Jiang.

2. Can semicolons only be used in complex sentences?

Dial:

No, absolutely. It is more accurate to say "used in complex sentences or complex sentence patterns". Please look at the following example:

▲ Experience tells us that thin clouds in the sky are often a symbol of sunny weather; Low and thick clouds are often a sign of rain and snow.

What follows the colon above is only one kind of double object in a single sentence, and of course it can't be regarded as a complex sentence. But because it is a complex sentence, a semicolon can be used to indicate the coordinate relationship before and after.

▲ Do you have to use semicolons between clauses of coordinate complex sentences?

Dial:

Not necessarily. If the coordinate relationship between clauses can be expressed by commas, commas should take precedence. For example:

▲ It is glorious to talk about hygiene, but it is a shame not to talk about hygiene.

If it is difficult to express the coordinate relationship between clauses with commas, use semicolons instead. For example:

▲ During the day, the soldiers stood guard and patrolled; In the evening, soldiers visit the poor and ask questions.

In the above coordinate compound sentences, commas have been used after "day" and "night", so the coordinate relationship between clauses can only be expressed by semicolons.

Third, the question mark function is quite complicated. Please answer some questions.

1. When a question word appears, under what circumstances do you not need a question mark or follow it?

Dial:

Although there are questions, I don't expect answers. For example:

I don't quite understand why he did it.

(2) the subject-predicate inversion question, the question mark should be placed at the end of the sentence. For example:

▲ Do you have courage, you?

Although two questions were asked, there was actually only one question. For example:

▲ I don't remember. What about you? Haven't you noticed?

2. Do you have to use commas between interrogative sentences?

Dial:

In general, choose to use commas between interrogative sentences instead of question marks. For example:

▲ You are in charge of the power given by the people. Do you serve the motherland or illegal foreign businessmen?

This multiple-choice question seems to have two questions, but there is actually only one question and one answer, so a question mark at the end of the sentence is enough. The comma in the middle only indicates the structural relationship, and the previous sentence is still a question.

But it doesn't mean that you can only use commas between interrogative sentences, and sometimes you can use question marks. For example:

▲ Is it standing in front of them to lead them? Or stand opposite them and oppose them?

The reason why this multiple-choice question uses a question mark after each option is because the author wants to emphasize the independence of each option and attract readers' attention to these two situations, and its purpose is not to answer. Because there are two paths laid out, although a choice sentence is used, a question mark is used after each choice to indicate their independence.

3. How to use a question mark when there are several questions in succession?

Dial:

In complex sentences, the key depends on how many answers are needed. If only one answer is needed, use a question mark. For example:

▲ Is it harmful or helpful to treat comrades in arms like this?

The above sentence only needs one answer, which is a multiple-choice question, and finally only uses a question mark.

The following sentence is different:

▲ What's your surname? How old are you this year? Where do you go to school?

This sentence needs three answers, so use three question marks.

In a single sentence, although several questions appear in succession, only one question mark can be used. Because the question mark is a period, if more than one question mark is used, a complete single sentence will be broken down into several clauses by mistake. Therefore, a single sentence that needs several answers can only use a question mark at the end of the sentence. For example:

▲ Can you tell me when to start class and when to finish class?

Fourth, don't abuse the exclamation point, the wonderful operation is amazing.

1. Where is the exclamation point used in the exclamation sentence?

Dial:

An exclamatory sentence with an exclamation point, and the exclamation point should be used after the exclamation point. For example:

▲ oh! There's a boat coming over there.

▲ Wow! There are so many people on the beach.

Although the above two examples have a strong tone on the whole, they can only be followed by exclamations.

2. Can exclamation marks be used in single sentences?

Dial:

I can't. Because exclamation marks are used after sentences that can be made independently.

If you can't make sentences alone, you can't use exclamation marks. Compare the following two sentences:

▲ yeah! I forgot to tell him.

Use an exclamation point after this "ya" because it can be a single sentence.

▲ You are so unreasonable that I won't tell you.

You can't use an exclamation point after "ah" here, because "I ah" can't be a sentence alone.

3. Is there an exclamation point after the imperative sentence?

Dial:

Not necessarily. Exclamation marks are used in strong imperative sentences. For example:

▲ You get out!

There is no exclamation point after the soothing imperative sentence. For example:

▲ Please close the door.

▲ Let's go back.

4. How many exclamations are used in several sentences with exclamatory tone?

Dial:

If the meaning before and after the sentence is single, use one at the end. For example:

▲ We urgently need 1000 dimercaprol, the sooner the better, the sooner the better!

▲ "There is no next time, no more!" Cried Cooper.

If the meaning of the sentence before and after is different, or the meaning of the two actions before and after, use one after each sentence. For example:

▲ We can't go back! We will petition the warlord's gate! Improper swearing, conquered people!

5. Can I use an exclamation point at the end of the rhetorical question?

Dial:

Rhetorical questions usually end in question marks. But it also depends on the tone: if you emphasize the problem, use a question mark; If in individual cases, anger is emphasized and the tone is particularly strong, you can also use the exclamation point. For example:

▲ No one can recognize you as a traitor!

We often use colons, but not all of them are well used.

1. Tip Can a colon be followed by a word or phrase instead of a clause?

Dial:

Of course. Please look at the following example:

▲ The fields are covered with all kinds of wild vegetables: wormwood leaves, purslane, grey vegetables and wild onions. ...

2. Can the colon prompt be a sentence group?

Dial:

Of course. The range of colon hints can be sentence groups. For example:

▲ I think: I hope nothing, nothing. It's like a road on the ground; In fact, there is no road on the ground. If there are more people walking, it will become a road.

In fact, the colon prompt has a wide range, which can be a compound sentence, a sentence group, a paragraph or several paragraphs composed of several sentence groups.

3. Can you use a colon before general discourse?

Dial:

Of course. Please look at the following example:

▲ It was not until ten days later that I realized that her family had a strict mother-in-law. A brother-in-law, a teenager, can get firewood; She lost her husband in the spring; He used to collect firewood for a living, ten years younger than her: as everyone knows.

4. Can I use a colon?

Dial:

You can't. If applicable, the original sentence should be modified or the colon in front should be changed to another number.

▲ He told Xiao Liu: We should prevent three situations from happening tonight: overflow, dike burst and piping.

The first colon above can be changed into a comma.

Six, a dash, a few questions to test you.

1. Can there be a comma or a period before the dash?

Dial:

When a dash indicates a change of theme, it can be preceded by a comma or a period. For example:

▲ "That Huang Lao mother is in front of us now. -mm-hmm! Old mother, please stand up and let everyone see you! "

When a dash indicates a semantic jump, other tags can also be added before it. For example:

▲ the more you think about it, the angrier you get. Finally, he couldn't help hating. He nodded viciously: "I am not allowed to rebel, only you are allowed to rebel? Mom's fake foreign devil.-Well, you rebelled! Rebellion is the charge of beheading. I've always wanted to sue you See if you can catch beheading in the county. -Copy it with the door.-Cha! Hey! "

Note: In general, because it is natural to pause when reading dashes, there is no need to indicate pauses and swearing before dashes except topic changes and semantic jumps.

2. When explaining with dashes, do you use one or two?

Dial:

It depends: if the explanation part is at the end of the sentence, just use a dash; If the explained part is in a sentence, use dashes before and after it. Please compare the following two sentences:

▲ There is a stone tablet in front with two big characters engraved on it-Tea Pavilion.

▲ The cicada larvae appear on the ground and need to find suitable places-short trees, fences, weeds, shrub branches, etc. -Take off their skins.

3. Dashes, brackets and colons all have explanatory functions. What's the difference between them in use?

Dial:

The explanation led by the dash is a part of the text and a direct explanation. Most of them are equivalent to "that is". For example:

▲ These fires were not lit for me, but even I got a little kindness from them-a little light and a little heat.

The explanation in brackets is not in the text, so you can't read it. Anything related to the explanation part can be put in brackets. For example:

▲ I turned a corner and saw Lu Xun (188 1- 1936) who had just left home.

The part in brackets in the previous sentence should not be read out when reading aloud, which is an indirect explanation to Lu Xun.

Colons also have explanatory function, but their application scope is very limited, and they are only used to prompt the reasons. For example:

▲ I shot twenty or thirty shots, and the leopard was badly hurt, but I haven't killed it yet: the musket doesn't matter!

▲ One day has passed and two days have passed. On the third day, Giart arrived in behan, sweating profusely: Sure enough, a large piece of16m could not be put down.

Where are you going to stand? It seems simple, but it takes time.

When do you use the brackets before 1. period? When do you use parentheses after the period?

Dial:

Remember a general principle: brackets indicate who is next to whom. For example:

▲ He didn't dare to provoke the village head, because the village head has become a distinguished gentleman.

Because brackets are only used to explain part of a sentence, they are next to this part-sir.

▲ Monastery, for the poor, is almost the only way out except being a soldier. (burning at the stake)

Because brackets are used to explain the whole previous sentence, they are next to the period.

2. Is there a period at the end of the insertion statement?

Dial:

If it is a bracket outside the period, there can be a period. For example:

▲ But from a big perspective, the main object of study is its character description and structure. Please don't get me wrong, thinking that there is nothing worth learning in other aspects of Water Margin; However, this article focuses on how to create characters and structure the overall situation, so I won't talk about other aspects of it for the time being. )

Eight, the position of quotation marks is very important, and there are tricks to use quotation marks well.

When is the quotation mark after 1. period? When should a period be added after quotation marks?

Dial:

There are two conditions for a period in quotation marks: first, the part in quotation marks is enough for one sentence; Second, it is independent, and does not form sentences with the contents outside quotation marks. For example:

▲ Lenin said: "Whoever does not rest will not work."

According to the regulations, from the colon, the part inside the quotation marks is complete and sufficient for the sentence, so the period is inside the quotation marks.

The period is outside the quotation mark, because the part inside the quotation mark and the part outside the quotation mark together have a complete meaning. For example:

▲ Don't argue with me, I hope you remember that "whoever doesn't rest will not work".

2. If a sentence consists of several quotation parts, what numbers are used between quotation marks?

Dial:

What number to use, what number to use. For example:

▲ Liebknecht recalled: "Marx was very particular about language and style, sometimes to the point of speaking like a book", "He was meticulous about the conciseness and correctness of language" and "Marx was a strict rhetorician; He often spends a lot of time trying to find the words he needs. "

Nine, ellipsis can't worry, the following points should be clarified.

1. Can there be a period before the ellipsis?

Dial:

Ellipsis can be preceded by a period, a question mark or an exclamation point. It shows that the author still has a lot to say. For example:

▲ But I know that even if it weren't for me, I would think of them one day and talk about them later. ……

2. Can there be a comma or pause before the ellipsis?

Dial:

Because commas and pause marks are dots in sentences, they should not be kept before ellipsis. For example:

▲ I saw towering peaks, tall and straight pine trees, vast sea of clouds and silent ancient temples. ...

▲ In the flower market in Guangzhou, peonies, hanging bells, daffodils, Dali … all kinds of flowers are crowded together!

3. There is an omission between two sentences, so do you need a period before the omission?

Dial:

Usually not. For example:

▲ At this moment, the season of southwest monsoon has not yet begun ... There is no storm gap along the way.

[apply what you have learned]

1. Which question mark in the following sentence is used correctly?

A. When I was young, I read Xiang's "Thinking of the Old". It's strange why he only has a few lines, but at the beginning, it ended badly. However, now I understand.

B. I sometimes talk about how people cheat, how to sell friends and how to suck blood. His forehead was shining, his nearsighted eyes opened in disbelief, and he protested, "Will this happen? -Not this? ……"

C. Some said that he was once taken to Beixin Bookstore by the police and asked if it was Rou Shi. Cuffling hands shows that the case is serious.

D. but what is the situation? But nobody understood.

2. Use the following pause according to the specification.

A. 1924 His oil paintings Far Heard, Disappointment, Xiao Sheng and Qin Ban caused a sensation in the art world in Paris.

B although there are interrogative words "who", "what", "how" and "whether" in some sentences, there is no doubt in the whole sentence and there is no question mark at the end of the sentence.

C. They couldn't walk twenty or thirty steps when they heard a cry of "dumb-"behind them.

D. Four knowledge essays, distributed in relevant units of Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4 and Volume 5 respectively, play the role of induction and review.

E. Senior one focuses on (1) and (2), while Senior two focuses on (3) and (4).

3. The following punctuation is wrong

A. "Is your real name Tang?" "The real name is Tang." I said? "SIZE="3" >, ④ two are the key points.

3. The following punctuation is wrong

A. "Is your real name Tang?" "The real name is Tang." I said. "Oh, oh," he looked at me and seemed very happy. "I used to be surnamed Tang."

B. In an inn in Tokyo, we usually read newspapers when we get together. Students watch Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun, and those who are interested in social trivia watch February 26th.

C we usually study six basic subjects: astronomy, earth science, biology, mathematics, physics and chemistry. Are all these six courses based on the same foundation? Not exactly. A physics is the basic law of studying the motion of matter; Mathematics is the knowledge that guides our reasoning and calculation.

D. I am very excited at this moment, but I don't know how to say it. I just said, "ah! Brother Runtu.-You're here? ……"

E. He stopped with a happy and sad expression on his face; His lips are moving, but he is silent.

F. Hamburg harbor is beautiful. On the shore, red and yellow buildings, ports and blue sea water roll up silvery white waves.

Answer:

1.b (undoubtedly expressed by ACD, comma should be used)

The title, quotation marks and brackets in (Abe) have all stopped, so there is no need to pause. The divisor of table c should not be interrupted by a pause)

The word "news" in sentence B is a proper noun and should be in the title of the book. The second comma in F should be changed into a semicolon, and the last period should be deleted. )