引号Quotation Marks(“”‘’)
引号分单引号(single quotation marks) 和双引号(double quotation marks) 。单引号只用在一个直接引语中所含有的另一个直接引语上。
1. 表示直接引语。当直接引语超过四行或多于40 个字词时, 一般不用引号而改用黑体字以便与文章的其它部分界线清晰
“Well, ”the foreigner said to him ,“ you look like an engineer. ”
句号和逗号必须置于引号(双引号和单引号) 之内。
He told the gunman ,“I refuse to do that ”;his knees , however , were shaking even as he said those words.
She called this schedule of activities her “load ”：work , study , exercise , recreation , and sleep.
①冒号与分号必置于引号外。
The teacher asked , “Could you understand me”?
Did the teacher ask ,“Have they gone”?
Did the teacher ask ,“They have gone ?”
The frightened girl screamed ,“Help”!
The fellow only said ,“Sorry !”
He interrupted me , “Now , listen”——and went on saying.
②问号、感叹号和破折号有时置于引号之内, 有时置于外号之外。如果所引内容本身是疑问句或感叹句或带有破折号, 问号、感叹号或破折号一般放在引号之内。否则,放在引号之外。
2. 标明短篇出版物的标题, 诸如杂志、报纸上的文章、短诗、短篇故事和整部书的某一章节。
Have you read“The Old Man and the Sea”?
Chapter three is entitled“The Internet . ”
3.表示所用的词语具有特殊意义。另外,当俚语出现在较正式的文章中, 也用引号引起来, 以表示文风的有意转变。
The report contained the“facts”of the case.
The speaker owns a“fat farm”in California , which slims down rich overeaters for $2 , 500 a week.
4. 用于表示引起读者注意的词语, 或读者不熟悉的特殊词语。
It is customary to say“Youpre welcome” whenever anyone says“Thank you. ”
“SOS”is a message for help from a ship or aircraft when in danger.
