小二英文punctuation

BBmamalove

想請問
“Good morning,” said John.
以上一句Good morning 之後應該用comma定係用full stop.
小兒要做標點符號練習,成編都係對話,我揭下D英文故事書,係用comma,我咪叫個仔用comma,點知老師(係西人o黎嫁)改完番o黎, 話係用full stop, 我尋日再去揭下其他英文故事書, 揭5本, 5本都係用comma, 請問各位究竟邊個

jk67jk

Well, I am not very sure of your situtation and how the story book presents the sentence.

我咁睇：
"Good morning," John said, "how are you today?"
用 comma, 因為, 全句是: "Good morning, how are you today?" said John.

如果單一句就完:
"Good morning." said John.
"Good morning." said Peter.
"How are you today?" John asked.
"I am fine, thank you." said Peter
咁就用 full stop.

唔知其他英文好d 嘅係咪咁睇呢？

TIMA

會不會是:

"Good morning," said John.

"Good morning."  John said.

kookamfai

Supported and agree!
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jk67jk 寫道:
Well, I am not very sure of your situtation and how the story book presents the sentence.

我咁睇：
"Good morning," John said, "how are you today?"
用 comma, 因為, 全句是: "Good morning, how are you today?" said John.

如果單一句就完:
"Good morning." said John.
"Good morning." said Peter.
"How are you today?" John asked.
"I am fine, thank you." said Peter
咁就用 full stop.

唔知其他英文好d

memewong

    

jk67jk 寫道:
Well, I am not very sure of your situtation and how the story book presents the sentence.

我咁睇：
"Good morning," John said, "how are you today?"
用 comma, 因為, 全句是: "Good morning, how are you today?" said John.

如果單一句就完:
"Good morning." said John.
"Good morning." said Peter.
"How are you today?" John asked.
"I am fine, thank you." said Peter
咁就用 full stop.

唔知其他英文好d 嘅係咪咁睇呢？

BBmamalove

多謝你們的回應, 我今晚再揭下本書, Oxford Reading Tree 的 Mr. Fox's Socks, 入面都係用comma嫁喎.
"They will keep you warm at night," said Grandma.
"Come in," said Mr. Fox.
係唔係D書錯呀?

Rham

我個仔所有書都係用 comma, 包括 Oxford Reading Tree, Scholastic, Random House, Barney, Thomas, Ladybird .......

我自已啲書都係用 comma.  Comma 順眼啲。印象中睇過的書都是用 comma.

問題：中英文夾雜，應該用 "。" or "." ?
(Just a joke!)

SandyKL

我以前學句式時係用"."而唔用","，就算後面係"said"，但依家坊間既故事書甚至英文教科書全部用","在"said.."之前，而後面係完全冇續句。相信咁既用法已經被通俗化，而果位外籍教師可能就係上一代人，仍然沿用舊法。其實可以俾本故事書老師睇，問個明白。


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BBmamalove 寫道:
想請問
“Good morning,” said John.
以上一句Good morning 之後應該用comma定係用full stop.
小兒要做標點符號練習,成編都係對話,我揭下D英文故事書,係用comma,我咪叫個仔用comma,點知老師(係西人o黎嫁)改完番o黎, 話係用full stop, 我尋日再去揭下其他英文故事書, 揭5本, 5本都係用comma, 請問各位究竟邊個

Rham

SandyKL 寫道:
我以前學句式時係用"."而唔用","，就算後面係"said"，但依家坊間既故事書甚至英文教科書全部用","在"said.."之前，而後面係完全冇續句。相信咁既用法已經被通俗化，而果位外籍教師可能就係上一代人，仍然沿用舊法。其實可以俾本故事書老師睇，問個明白。

真的嗎？我 check 過的所有參考資料都說 comma 是正確用法。我也參考過一些咬文嚼字的英文人的討論區(外國的)，通常都只會討論到英式英語和美式英語把 punctuation 放在 quotation mark 內或外的問題，對於 direct quotation 中的 comma, 一點爭論也沒有。所有例子都是用 comma 的。

Tippi

用comma
唔信你看p.1的英文書.
而且我家有本専教書寫的英文書
也是這樣寫,這本是FOR 我以前工作
書信來往的.所以我相信是COMMA

jk67jk

Tippi & all,

睇完你們的意見, 我又突然記得以前好似係咁教的：

John said, "Good Morning."

"Good morning," said John / John said.

The punctation depends on the full sentence, when it is not yet completed, like the 2nd one, we will use "comma". 好似係咁 ~

Rham

jk67jk 寫道:
The punctation depends on the full sentence, when it is not yet completed, like the 2nd one, we will use "comma". 好似係咁 ~

正是這樣！Punctuation 應該是和拿走了 quotation marks 的情況下是一模一樣的。因為 ”Good morning” 和 ”said John” 並不是兩個獨立句子，乃是一個句子的兩部分，所以中間不能用 full stop。

BBmamalove

我個仔唔敢拿本故事書去問老師, 點算好!? :cry:

jk67jk

BBmamalove 寫道:
我個仔唔敢拿本故事書去問老師, 點算好!? :cry:

我未有面對小二的經驗。 但我讀k3的兒子也是不願問老師的；也一口咬定老師是一定對的！ 我多數會用便條, 寫下我的疑問, 禮貌的請他賜教；我會quote我找到的出處, 如果需要更會影印給老師參考。 如老師是對的, 多謝他的資料 (連帶我也學多了嘛！)。

我覺得人不會完全掌握一切知識, 有時會記錯, 有時有多種寫法或解釋, 又或有些新興但已經歸納為正式用語的我們會不知道..... etc.  等同中文現在推行「正字」「正音」, 我們的一輩學的也許會與今日的不盡相同。

求學問一定要問呢！講真, 我都想知那才是正確的寫法。

BBmamalove

jk67jk:
多謝你的回應, 我會寫低叫亞仔拿去俾老師, 但是佢依家係考試週, 希望佢找到老師啦!

jk67jk

BBmamalove,

順帶一提﹐最主要的不是去爭回扣除的分數﹐是求學問。 反正現階段不是呈分的時候﹐不用太介意。

如果心態是去平反和爭取失去的分數﹐有些老師是不喜歡的。

MayMay2

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