英语中也有和汉语类似的“破折号”，我们称为 Em dash，它的长度等于大写字母M，主要用于将特定的概念从一个句子的主要从句中分离出来，或者分隔一个插入的想法或从句，比如:But such shortcomings—and South Africa’s failings since his retirement from active politics—pale into insignificance when set against the magnitude of his overall achievement.
标点符号的英文说法：+ plus 加号；正号- minus 减号；负号± plus or minus 正负号× is multiplied by 乘号÷ is divided by 除号= is equal to 等于号≠ is not equal to 不等于号≡ is e
如果学了多年英语，对于标点符号还是似懂非懂的话，现在真是及时雨。1. 书写常用符号．period / full stop / dot 句号，点，comma 逗号：colon 冒号；semicolon 分号！
+ plus 加号；正号- minus 减号；负号± plus or minus 正负号× is multiplied by 乘号÷ is divided by 除号＝ is equal to 等于号≠ is not equal to 不等于号≡ is equivalent
Punctuation， giving structure to our words，标点符号，为我们的文字提供结构，Guiding readers through the text that they've heard。
在现代汉字中，“|”不独立成字，在字中表示棍形符号。“|”也是汉字笔画，笔画名称读作 shù 。收在“|”部的汉字，多为书写时起笔笔画是“|”或字形中有上下贯通的“|”的独体字，如:中、内、凸、且、甲、申、由、凹、曲、串。
