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冒号，破折号，分号及括号的使用与写作风格关系紧密，因此本章主要介绍它们的用法。本章很少涉及其它标点：如逗号，句号，连字符。下面，笔者对它们的用法以问答形式略谈一二：问：如果连续使用两个形容词，可用逗号分开它们吗？答：在"Singapore is a clean, friendly city state"一句中，逗号代替了"and"。 连续两个形容词同时修饰一个名词时，可用逗号把它们隔开。但当其中一个形容词修饰另一形容词时，不需要用逗号隔开它们：On my way back home, I stared at the pale blue sky.问：何时用连字符连接单词？答：1. 参见字典；2. 参考the goal of preventing misreading一书。3. 连字符常用于连接比较常用的复合词，使之成为一词。air craftair-craftaircrafttype settingtype-settingtypesettingscreen playscreen-playscreenplaydata basedata-basedatabase采用连字符连接的两个词，意思可一目了然。例如，没用连字符的合成词light year，字面意思是一年比另一年不重要；加上连字符，我们就很清楚light-year是光年的意思。通常，我们在处理名词前两个或多个词的组合时，可用连字符。例：know-howready-to-wearfaster-than-expected productionlife-formstate-of-the-art technologymedium-range missiles当这一群词用作形容词时，仅对它们所修饰的名词之前的词使用连字符。It was a fast-paced city life.即City life is fast paced.Bring me the up-to-date report.即Bring me up to date.还有，以"-ly"结尾的副词不用连字符。Wrong: We do not work with financially-unstable organizations.Correct: We do not work with financially unstable organizations.Wrong: We are required to attend all regularly-scheduled meetings.Correct: We are required to attend all regularly scheduled meetings.问：你赞成省略缩略语的中间或末尾的句点吗？答：这是一个关于写作风格和品味的问题，有些编者对缩略语用句点；有些则不用。用与不用取决于你。我的建议是，一旦你决定采用哪种方式，就不宜改变。专有名词中的句点应该保留。
Correct(正)Also correct(正确)U.S.A.USA10 p.m.10 pmR.S.V.P.RSVPU.F.O.UFO姓名之间的圆点应予保留
CorrectNot CorrectJ. F. KennedyJ F Kennedy问：什么叫不分段句？答：两个完整的句子间仅用逗号，或不用任何其它标点，这两个句子叫做不分段句。例：The air conditioner is broken, we must have it repaired as soon as possible.How to rid of run-on? Here are a few approaches:有如下几种方法可消除不分段句 。The air conditioner is broken and has to be repaired as soon as possible.（使用连词"and"）The air conditioner is broken; it has to be repaired as soon as possible.（用分号隔开这两个句子）The air conditioner is broken. We must have it repaired as soon as possible.（用句号隔开这两个句子）
