https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Q34y1X7nB
1、逗号 ,
let’s eat rabbit.让我们吃兔肉吧。
let’s eat rabbit.让我们吃饭吧,兔兄。
I love my parents, the rabbit and the wolf. 我爱我的父母+兔子+狼。 or 我爱我的父母:兔子和狼。(同位语)
为避免歧义:I love my parents, the rabbit, and the wolf.
“系列逗号”( Serial comma)——在句末为了防止歧义的逗号。
- The wolf said to the rabbit, “Let’s eat, rabbit.”
- “Well, yes, let’s eat, my dear wolf,” the rabbit said.
- “Well, yes, let’s eat, my dear wolf,” said the rabbit.
- “Well, yes, ” said the rabbit, “Let’s eat, my dear wolf.”
插入语不一定表引用对话,也可为在句中“打断”一下,做说明。
This carrot, I think, is very tasty.
And now is the time, as you might have guessed, that you give this video a thumbs-up!
The rabbit was hungry, and he ate some carrots.
The rabbit ate some carrots, but he was still hungry.
The rabbit didn’t eat more carrots, because he was on a diet.
正> 兔子说:“我想吃胡萝卜。”
Wrong> The rabbit said: “I want to ear carrot.”
Right>The rabbit said, “I want to eat carrots.”
Right>The rabbit: I want to eat carrots.
“Please give this video a thumbs-up,” I always said, “and don’t tell me ‘I’ll do so next time.‘”
What the sentence above means is that the uploader don’t want us to be freeloaders.
破折号
You’ve met my best friend — the wolf.
All the animals - the rabbit, the wolf, and their friends - will go to the party.