使用上最難與最易的標點符號

The hardest—and easiest—punctuation marks to use

PRDaily : By Kristin Piombino | Posted: July 10, 2014

Which punctuation mark is the hardest to use correctly?
哪一個標點符號最難正確使用 ?

The ellipsis sounds a little intimidating, and people frequently misuse apostrophes.
Perhaps you're thinking it's one of those.

省略符號的聲音有點嚇人， 而且 人們經常誤用撇號 ，也許你想的是那個。

It's not.
但並不是 !

The hardest punctuation mark to use correctly is the comma, an infographic from TheVisualCommunicationGuy.com claims. That's because it has more rules and
applications than any other punctuation mark.

最難使用正確的標點符號是逗號，  由TheVisualCommunicationGuy.com 聲稱的
訊息圖表示是因為它比其他的標點符號有更多的規則和運用。

The infographic ranks each punctuation mark according to how many applications
it has, and  therefore, how difficult it is to learn.

訊息圖將每個標點符號排列根據他有多少的使用方法、 條列 、以顯示其學習的困難度。

While the comma is the most difficult with 15 applications, the period is the easiest
—its only job is to end a sentence
(except when it ends an abbreviation: Mr., Mrs., Dr., etc.).
逗點有十五種運用方式其難度最高， 句號是最簡單的唯一的工具將句子結尾。

Take a look at the graphic to see where the rest of the punctuation marks rank.
Do you agree  with the lineup?

可看一下圖示其它標點符號的用法，你同意這些排示的方法嗎?

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Kristin Piombino is associate editor of Ragan.com.