20100924 Needed Punctuation (2)

Needed: Punctuation

Since that time, other marks have enlarged the punctuation family. The exclamation mark comes from the Latin word io. It was originally formed by putting an upper-case I on alower-case o. The Latin word io means "exclamation of joy." The question mark originally started out as the Latin word questio, meaning question. Eventually, scholars put it at the end of a sentence to show a question. Over time, it became a symbol formed by putting a lower-case q on an o.

Punctuation is still changing today. New marks are coming into existence, and old punctuation marks are used in new ways. Take for example, the "interrobang." This 1962 invention combines the question mark and exclamation mark for times when writers want both. For example, "She did whatP" or "How much did you pay for that dressP" Obviously, the interrobang is not widely used or recognized - yet. But its invention shows that English is not yet finished with its punctuation.

en- 使如何如何

enlarge v. 擴大/擴充

=> make it bigger/larger

eg: The office building was enlarged last year.

=> 辦公大樓去年擴建了。

eg: I asked the photo shop to enlarge a picture of my children.

=> 我請照相館放大一張我小孩的照片。

eg: The strategy to enlarge our potential market has worked well so far.

=> 我擴充潛力市場的徹略到目前為止都奏效。

exist v. 存在

existence n. 存在

eg: Many people believe in the existence of aliens.

=> 許多人相信外星人的存在。

eg: The existence of dinosaurs can be proven with fossils.

=> 化石可以證明恐龍的存在。

eg: Drawings from the ancient Mayans are still in existence today.

Mayan人的素描到今天仍然存在。

obviously adv. 明顯地/顯而易見地

=> easy to understand/see

eg: Eric was obviously offended by the rude customer, but he stayed well-mannered.

=> Eric很明顯地被這個粗魯的顧客給冒犯，可是他保持了他的風度。

eg: Obviously, people don't write letters that often anymore. After e-mail came along, letter writing slowed down.

=> 顯而易見地，人們不再那麼常寫信了。有電子郵件後，信件就越來越少了。

dash 破折號

slash 斜線

hyphen 連字號

comma 逗號

semicolon 分號

exclamation mark 驚嘆號

question mark 問號

quote mark 雙引號

exclamation n. 驚叫/感歎

=> a statement of excitement, a statement of a lot of energy

upper case adj. 大寫字母的

=> big letter

lower case 小寫字母的

=> small letter

scholar n. 學者/人文學者/古典學者

//== Chat room ==//

semicolon 分號

=> 分號的功能為介於句點和逗點之間，

=> 分號必須用在兩個完整的句子之間，這兩個句子是有關連的

eg: This month I am going on vacation; It is going to be a lot of fun.

=> 這兩個句子都和我的vacation有關，所以中間用分號取代句點。

//== Grammar on the Go ==//

The question mark originally started out as the Latin word questio, meaning question.

=> The question mark originally began as the Latin word questio, meaning question.

start out

=> begin

eg: The actress started out as a waitress at a small cafe and then a talent scout discovered her.

eg: The coach always had the boys start out with a warm up session before they began to play basketball.

eg: Paul didn't know where to find a job, but he knew he could start out by going on the internet.