英式英语和美式英语的用法不一样,英式英语用单引号,美式英语用双引号。英语中标点符号用法常见错误主要有以下三种类型:(1)对标点符号认识谈薄,使用起来比较随意,如:用中文句号(。)来结束句子;逗号、句号不分,大写、小写不分,乱点一气;在疑问句后也不加问号,或者在间接引语后使用问号,如:误用:He came up and asked me what was the matter?分析:本句为陈述句,所包含的问问是间接引语,自然应当用句号结尾,且要调整语序。修改:He came up amd asked me what the matter (2)对句子结构不太理解。中文句号是根据说话都的语意来使用的,即用于一段表达完整的内容之后;而英文中的句号是根据结构来用的,即每一个语法意义完整的句子后用句号,如:误用1:I didn’t go to the party Because I had too much homework to 分析:此句中,because引出的句子从语法角度看并不完整,而是从属于前面一句(为原因状语从句),因而两句不能用句号隔开。修改:I didn’t go to the party Because I had too much homework to (3)中英文标点符号用法混淆,如:误用1:Hearing what he said,Jack said to himself:“Should I believe him?”分析:作为中英文兼有的标点符号,冒号在中文里常用在“说、道、讲、问、唱、回答、喊、吼”等动词的后边,或用于“比如、例如”等后,而这类情况下英文中只需用逗号表示。修改:Hearing what he said,Jack said to himself,“Should I believe him?”