GMAT标点符号用法说明.

　　GMAT考试，语法题的部分经常会出现考GMAT标点符号，而常用的GMAT标点符号有：Semicolons分号、Colons冒号、Commas逗号、 Parentheses括号、Dashes破折号、Hyphens连字号、Ellipsis省略号和Quotation marks引号。以下是对分号和冒号使用方法的总结。

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　　1. Semicolons分号 (;)

　　a. Use a semicolon between two complete sentencesthat are very closely related.

　　b. Use a semicolon bore however and similar words (these words are called conjunctive adverbs) that show a relationship between two complete . sentences

　　大家注意，一定是complete sentence啊!Complete sentence must have a subject and a verb.

　　例句：I bet you though you wouldn’t have to learn another semicolon rule; however, you were wrong.

　　c. Use a semicolon bore clauses that are introduced by for example, that is, nor namely.

　　例句：Olivia and Malory are excellent students; for example, they both made A’s on that really tough math test.

　　d. Use semicolons between clauses or phases that contain a lot of commas.通常是一堆并列句子的时候应用此原则。因为太多的comma会让读者产生断句的困难。

　　2. Colons 冒号(:)

　　a. Use a colon when you want to say “here come an example” or “here’s what I’m talking about.”

　　例句：This sentence is grammatically correct: I wonder if wolves actually wolf down their pizzas the way I wolf down mine. 读出来是那种“here’s what I’m talking about.”的感觉了吗? 冒号后面的句子是进一步解释了前半句。

　　b. Use a colon bore some lists. (这个一看就知道了吧…地球人都知道)

　　c. Use a colon bore subtitles of books, articles, chapters, etc.

　　多么熟悉的面孔啊，很多article的title就是这样子的，例如，The title of the book is Michael Jordan: Basketball Superman.

　　如上文所述，在常见的GMAT标点符号中，除了Semicolons分号、Colons冒号，还有Commas逗号、 Parentheses括号、Dashes破折号、Hyphens连字号、Ellipsis省略号和Quotation marks引号等常用标点符号，我们将会在以后的文章中逐步讲解。