英语标点符号 | 分号的使用规则

2024年3月15日

分号在英语里的单词是 semicolon ,也可以写作 semi-colon 。 别看 semicolon 这个单词字面上是半个(semi)分号(colon)的意思,它也就形式上与冒号相似,用法上完全不同,应该算是半个句号。

短篇小说 | The Stolen White Elephant

2024年3月14日

The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway acquaintance. He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted the unmistakable stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his lips. He said:

短篇小说 | The Siamese Twins

2024年3月13日

I do not wish to write of the personal habits of these strange creatures solely, but also of certain curious details of various kinds concerning them, which, belonging only to their private life, have never crept into print.