Jenis – jenis tanda baca dalam bahasa Inggris beserta penggunaannya:
- Period (.)
Istilah titik (.) dalam bahasa Inggris adalah Period (.). Seperti pada kalmiat bahasa Indonesia, period diletakkan pada akhir sebuah kalimat.
Example: We regularly go to the cinema every Saturday.
She has been painting the whole ceiling for 2 hours.
- Comma (,)
- Meletakkan koma dalam kalimat antara beberapa daftar – daftar nama, seperti:
The students need to bring hat, bottles and name tag.
She likes dancing, jogging and
- Meletakkan tanda koma setelah Yes dan No. Example:
Do you like Sushi? Yes, I love it very much.
Is it still raining? No, It’s just stopped.
- Meletakkan tanda koma sebelum atau setelah nama orang yang maw diajak berbicara, seperti:
Hi, Mrs. Anderson.
Miss Jane, may I borrow your pen, please?
- Koma diletakkan sebelum kata please dan thank you.
Could you open the windows, please?
“Would you like another cake, Sarah?” “No, thank you.”
- Koma diletakkan diantara bagian – bagian nama tempat.
Bali, Indonesia
Sydney, Australia
- Question Mark (?)
Meletakkan tanda tanya (?) dibelakang kalimat pertanyaan bukan tanda titik (.), contoh:
Whose bag is this? Who are you going with?
Have you ever been to Colorado? What were you doing at this time yesterday?
- Exclamation Point (!)
- Gunakan tanda seru (!) jika pada kalimat mengalami pernyataan yang seru, kaget, heran maupun kalimat perintah, seperti contoh:
What a hectic day!
What a silly question!
Sit down!
Do it now!
- Tanda seru biasanya digunakan setelah kata seruan, seperti:
Wow! Hi!
Ouch! Look out!
- Apostrophes (‘)
Menggunakan tanda petik (‘) dengan tambahan s untuk menunjukkan kepimilikan, seperti:
Those are my dad’s car.
This cat’s tail is very long.
- Quotation (“)
Gunakan tanda kutip (“) digunakan ketika ada kata atau kalimat yang langsung terucap dari seseorang. Example:
“This bike is mine,” said Jack
“I would like a glass of milk,” said the little boy.
- Colon (:)
Biasanya ketika kita membaca suatu dialogue atau percakapan, terdapat tanda (:) ini, seperti:
Jack: What have you got in the bag?
Maggie: My swimming suit.
Jack: When are you going swimming?
Maggie: This afternoon. Would you like to come?
- Semicolon (;)
Menggunakan semicolon untuk memisahkan unit/kata, ketika satu atau lebih unit/kata mengandung koma. Seperti contoh:
The conference has people who have come from Japan, Korea; Springfield, California; Alamo, Tennessee; and other places as well.
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