chấm câu
Definition
- Verb:
- To punctuate: The action of adding punctuation marks (such as periods, commas, question marks) to a written text to clarify its structure, meaning, and to indicate pauses.
- To mark punctuation: The specific act of placing these marks in their correct positions within a sentence or paragraph.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Giáo viên yêu cầu học sinh chấm câu đúng cho đoạn văn. (The teacher asked the students to punctuate the paragraph correctly.)
- Văn bản này chưa được chấm câu. (This text has not been punctuated.)
- Anh ấy chấm câu bài viết rất cẩn thận. (He punctuates his writing very carefully.)
Advanced Usage
- "chấm câu sai": To punctuate incorrectly; to have faulty punctuation.
- Bài luận bị trừ điểm vì chấm câu sai. (The essay lost points for incorrect punctuation.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dấu chấm câu (Noun): Punctuation mark.
- Dấu chấm và dấu phẩy là những dấu chấm câu phổ biến. (The period and the comma are common punctuation marks.)
- Chấm (Verb): To dot; to mark with a dot. This is the root verb, with "câu" (sentence) specifying its application to sentences.
- Phép chấm câu (Noun): Punctuation (as a set of rules or the practice itself).
Synonyms
- Ngắt câu: To break sentences (less common, can imply segmenting sentences, often related to punctuation).
Related Phrases / Idioms
(This word is a specific grammatical term and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is primarily technical/literal.)