Edit大文字、小文字
アルファベットには大文字と小文字があり、通常の文章ではそれらを使い分けます。
• 文章の最初の文字を大文字にする
It is an apple.
• 一人称代名詞の I は常に大文字
I have a book.
May I help you?
• 人名、地名、その他固有名詞の頭文字を大文字にする
Jack loves Elizabeth.
I live in Japan.
• 曜日名、月名の頭文字を大文字にする(固有名詞の一つと考えられる)
Monday / November
Edit句読点
文章の区切りを示す記号です。通常の文章でよく使うのはピリオド(.)、コンマ(,)、疑問符(?)です。日本語での句点(。)、読点(、)に相当します。
• 文章の終りにはピリオドを
I read a book.
• 文章の継ぎ目にはコンマを
When I was a child, I was in New York.
• 疑問文の終りにははてなマークを
What is that?
Edit囲み文字
文章の塊、性質を表す記号です。よく使われる物にクォーテーション(‘’)、ダブルクォーテーション(“”)、カッコ(())などがあります。日本語でのカギ括弧や括弧に相当します。
• ダブルクォーテーションは単語の強調や、台詞を囲むのに使われます
She said, "So, what happend?"
• カッコは意味の補完や追加などに使われます
Holiemon's e-mail (I heard that was fake) made a terribly big trouble.
Editアポストロフィ
アポストロフィ(')は二つの単語をくっつけて省略したり、発音が省略されていることを表します。
be動詞、助動詞が付く短縮形
• I+am I'm
• you/we/they+are you're/we're/they're
• he/she/it+is/has he's/she's/it's
• there+is there's
• what+is/has what's
• what+are what're
• what+did what'd
• I+had/would/should I'd
• you+had/would you'd
• he+had/would he'd
• she+had/would she'd
• it+had/would it'd
• we+had/would/should we'd
• they+had/would they'd
• I+will/shall I'll
• you+will/shall you'll
• he+will/shall he'll
• she+will/shall she'll
• it+will/shall it'll
• we+will/shall we'll
• they+will/shall they'll
• what+will what'll
be動詞、助動詞+notの短縮形
• are+not aren't
• is+not isn't
• was+not wasn't
• were+not weren't
• do+not don't
• does+not doesn't
• did+not didn't
• can+not can't
• could+not couldn't
• will+not won't
• would+not wouldn't
• shall+not shan't
• should+not shouldn't
• must+not mustn't
• might+not mightn't
• need+not needn't
+haveの短縮形
• I+have I've
• you+have you've
• we+have we've
• they+have they've
• what+have what've
• may+have may've
• must+have must've
• would+have would've
• could+have could've
発音の省略(訛りを表すのにも使われます。口語的)
• shaking shakin'
• madam ma'am
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