4. 在名词所有格修饰的名词若表示店铺,住宅,教堂或上下文已暗示或明确指出过的事物
At her mother’s (house) she passed many happy days.
I met him at the doctors’ (house).
5.动词不定式的省略
a. 为避免重复,常省略上文已提到的动词原形,只保留不定式中的小品词to:这类动词有:expect, forget, hope, intend, mean, prefer, refuse, try, want, wish, would like, like和love等.
如: She asked me to dance with her, but I didn’t want to (dance with her).
--Will you go with me?
--Well, I’d like to (go with you).
b. 在have to, need, ought to, be going to, used to等后省略动词.
如: I really didn’t want to go there with him, but I had to (go there with him).
c. 在某些形容词delight, glad, happy, pleased等后省略to后面的动词.
如:
— Will you join in our discussion?
— I’ll be glad to (join in your discussion).
