e) 日期、數(shù)字、地址。例如：

　　Chichester began the greatest voyage of his life in August , 1966.

　　The voyage from England and back covered 28, 2500 miles.

　　Please send it to 1932 Hill Road , London S.E. 18.(門牌號和街名間無標點)

　　f) 姓名(姓在名前面時)，非正式信件的抬頭或信末署名前的客套語。例如：

　　Shakespeare , William

　　Einstein , Albert

　　Dear Philip ,

　　Sincerely yours ,

　　2) 分號(Semicolon)

　　主要用于：

　　a) 兩個或兩個以上意義有聯(lián)系的分句中間。例如：

　　Understanding is a two-way operation ; learning doesn’t consist in being an empty receptacle.

　　Work is more than a necessity for most human beings ; it is the focus of their lives, the source of their identity and creativity.

　　Some farmers were hauling water out to their thirsty stock daily ; others were trying to drill deep wells.

　　Not only do lies provide the “help” hoped for by advocates of benevolent deception ; they invade the autonomy of patients and render them unable to make informed choices concerning their own health.

　　b) 列舉事物，尤其是其間有逗號時。例如：

　　There will be three foreign teachers next term: Miss Ann Smith from Boston, America ; Mr. John Baker from London, England ; and Ms Mary Blake from Sydney, Australia.

　　3) 冒號(Colon)

　　主要用于：

　　a) 列舉事物。例如：

　　That was a tale of two cities : London and Paris.

　　It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful human beings are divided into two classes : first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and second, those whose work and pleasure are one.

　　b) 注釋句之前。例如：

　　I've just had some good news : I’ve been offered a part-time job in the computer center.

　　These seat covers are the most durable kind : they are reinforced with double stitching and covered with a heavy plastic coating.

　　4) 破折號(Dash)

　　主要用于：

　　a) 注釋性的詞語或句子前;如用于句子中間，前后都要有破折號。例如：

　　There is a way to decide any question — experiment.

　　Somewhere or other — I think it is in the preface to Saint Joan — Bernard Shaw remarks that we are more gullible and superstitious today than we were in the Middle Ages.

　　b) 補充性的成分。例如：

　　Life — and death, too — is a cycle that goes round and round. I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change — and more important, my students change.

　　c) 總括所列舉的事物。例如：

　　The complex operation required new methods for directing the combined endeavors of thousands and thousands of minds, some in government, some in universities, some in private industry — all working together for a common purpose.

　　d) 突然轉(zhuǎn)折。例如：

　　One little problem is that a computer can’t laugh yet — but the scientists are working on it.

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