簡單句中的省略

　　1、省略主語 祈使句中主語通常省略；其它省略主語多限于少數現成的說法。

　　(1) (I) Thank you for your help.

　　(2) (I) See you tomorrow.

　　(3) (It) Doesn’t matter.

　　(4) (I) Beg your pardon

　　2、省略主謂或主謂語的一部分

　　(1) (There is) No smoking .

　　(2) (Is there) Anything wrong ?

　　(3) (Will you) Have a smoke ?

　　(4) What/How (do you think) about a cup of tea ?

　　(5) Why (do you) not say hello to him ?

　　3、省略作賓語的不定式短語，只保留to，但如果該賓語是動詞be或完成時態，則須在之后加上be或have:

　　(1) –Are you going there? --Yes, I’d like to (go there).

　　(2) He didn’t give me the chance, though he had promised to (give me the chance).

　　(3) –Are you an engineer? --No, but I want to be.

　　(4) –He hasn’t finished the task yet. --Well, he ought to have.

　　4、省略表語

　　(1) –Are you thirsty? --Yes, I am (thirsty). 

　　(2) His brother isn’t lazy, nor is his sister (lazy).

　　5、同時省略幾個成分

　　(1) Let’s meet at the same place as (we met) yesterday.

　　(2) –-Have you finished your work ?

　　---(I have) Not (finished my work) yet.

　　主從復合句中的省略

　　1、主句中有一些成分被省略

　　(1) ( I’m ) Sorry to hear you are ill.

　　(2) ( It’s a ) Pity that he missed such a good chance.

　　2、主句中有一些成分被省略

　　(1) –Is he coming back tonight? --I think so.

　　(2) –She must be busy now? --If so, she can’t go with us.

　　(3) –Is she feeling better today? --I’m afraid not.

　　(4) –Do you think he will attend the meeting? --I guess not.

　　這種用法常見的有：How so? Why so? Is that so? I hope so. He said so.及I suppose/believe/hope not.

　　并列句中的省略

　　兩個并列句中，后一個分句常省略與前一分句中相同的部分。

　　(1) My father is a doctor and my mother (is) a nurse.

　　(2) I study at college and my sister (studies) at high school.

　　(3) When summer comes, the day is getting longer and longer, and the night (is getting) shorter and shorter.