为了避免重复,使语言简练紧凑,在不损害句子结
I、简单句中的省略
The meeting(being)over,we all left the room.
Tools(having been)carried,we went on our way to the fields.
2、从句中的省略
(1)宾语从句中的省略:
1)以“which/where/when/how/why”等引起的宾语从句,在其谓语动词与主句谓语动词相同时,其后的主语和谓语可全部省略,而仅保留一个"wh-"词。
She can’t come,but 1 wonder why(she can’t come).
He will be back,I don’t know when(he will be back).
2)在“I’m afraid,I believe,I expect,I fancy,I fear,I hope,I imagine,Ishould,I should say,I suppose,I think,Itrust”之后的"not"等于一个否定的"that"从句,“so”等于一个肯定的"that"从句。
“Is he sick”一“I am afraid so.”(=I am afraid that he is sick.)
(2)定语从句中的省略:
定语从句中可以省略作宾语的关系代词that。在非正式文体中,关系副词“when/why也可以省略,关系代词后面的主谓结构有时也可以省略。
I shall never forget the day (when) we first met,
He gave the same answer as (he had given)before.
I like the place for the very reason(why)you dislike it.
(3)状语从句中的省略:
1)在时间、地点、让步、方式、条件状语从句中,如果从句的主语与主句的主语一致,或者从句的主语是“it”,则从句中的动词“be”及其主语可以省略。
Any progress,however small (it may be),is important.
Change the form of the verbs where(it is)possible/necessary.
His opinion,whether(it is)fight or wrong,would be considered.