北大 英语 CLASSIFICATION.ppt

EXCLAMATION POINT!!!!! Use an exclamation point after the following sentence types: Strong statements: “I mean it!” Commands: “Stop! ” Interjections: “Wow! That was close.” SPACING – PERIOD. QUESTION MARK? EXCLAMATION POINT! Insert no space before a period, exclamation point, or question mark and one space after. EXAMPLE: I would like to go shopping in the downtown area._Will you go with me?_I want to leave now!_ COMMA,,,,, Place a comma before coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, for, so, yet) linking two independent clauses. EXAMPLE: I am George, and I come from Hunan Province. Use commas to set off introductory comments. EXAMPLE: When I was a child, I dreamed I would become an acrobat. COMMA,,,,, Use commas to set off parenthetical expressions. EXAMPLE: My father, it seems, had different plans for me. Use commas to set off sentence interrupters. EXAMPLE: My province, the most beautiful in all of China, is the site of many famous landmarks. COMMA,,,,, Use commas between items in a series. EXAMPLE: My mother, my father, and my sister will visit me this spring. Use commas to set off sections of dates, addresses and long numbers. - January 6, 2007 - 2259A Rolling Road South Scottsville, Virginia, USA - 1,000,000,000 (one billion) COMMA - SPACING Insert no space before a comma and one space after. EXAMPLE: When will this class be over, I wonder? EXCEPTION: When inserting commas into long numbers, no spaces before or after the commas. 1,000,000,000 CAPITALIZATION: Capitalize all proper names, including all significant parts of the name. - Peking University School of Software and Microelectronics - Hunan Province - Michael Jackson - New York City Also, capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence: When I graduate, I will become a famous software engineer. TENSE: Use past tense when speaking of the past, present when speaking of the present, and future when speaking of the future: PAST: When