文档介绍：英文法律文书的简明教程逗号的用法是正确运用标点过程中最复杂,最容易产生误解的问题之一。在一些情形中,存在着被广泛接受的用法。然而在另一些情况下,却有不只一种用法。学生常常认为,担心标点的用法有点可笑:毕竟,法律分析才是最重要的呀。但是,假如一个人申请一份工作或向上级提交书面报告,没有什么会比忽视标点运用基本规则更容易给人留下负面印象的了。毕竟,一位高级律师是决不会愿意去更正一位初级律师的逗号的用法的。 plex,andmostmisunderstood,;inafewcases,''ssillytoworryaboutthingssuchaspunctuation:afterall,isn''tthelegalanalysiswhatreallycounts?However,whenoneappliesforajoborsubmitswrittenworktoasupervisor,,thelastthingaseniorattorneywantstodoiscorrectajuniorattorney''scommausage. 1. 当你用一个短语或从属分句开始一个句子,并随后引入一个独立分句时,用逗号分隔。 Whenyoubeginasentencewithaphraseordependentclausetointroduceasubsequentindependentclause,ma. Incorrect:Aftermanyyearsasacriminalprosecutorsheascendedtothebench. Correct:Aftermanyyearsasacriminalprosecutor,sheascendedtothebench. Incorrect:Becausethewitnesswasunavailablethejudgeallowedtheintroductionofthetestimonypursuanttoanexceptiontothehearsayrule. Correct:Becausethewitnesswasunavailable,thejudgeallowedtheintroductionofthetestimonypursuanttoanexceptiontothehearsayrule. ,但不要用逗号分隔非限制性从句。非限制性从句告诉你关于句子主语的某些事情,但并不对其含义进行限定;相反,限制性从句对主语的含义进行限定。 mastosetoffanonrestrictiveclauseinthemiddleofasentence,,buttheydonotlimit,orrestrict,,ontheotherhand,limitthepossiblemeaningofthesubject. omparethefollowingexamples. CorrectRestrictiveUse: mittedthecrime. Notehowthesubject"suspect"inthissentenceisrestrictedintwoways:,weknowthattheothersuspects,whoarenotinthelineup,,ofthosesuspectsinthelineup,,theaboveusagewouldbeincorrectbecauseitimpliesadifferentmeaning. CorrectNonrestrictiveUse: Thesuspectinthelineup,mittedthecrime. Inthisexample,there