most pleasant 代替 pleasantest
有時(shí)省略去冠詞，例如： in U.S.A.代替 in the U.S.A.
working class 代替 the working class
從句連詞that的省略： 主語從句：
It turned out he belonged to their race.
表語從句：
Yet the fact is we know very little about her.
同位語從句：
標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)的省略： 現(xiàn)代英語在標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)使用方面，比較自由、松散，能不用的盡 量不用。如：
并列句的兩個(gè)分句中，逗號(hào)的省略;
But now they were going slower(, )for both of them were tired out.
數(shù)詞或縮寫詞復(fù)數(shù)號(hào)的省略：
in the 1890s    three PhDs
縮寫詞后?句點(diǎn)的省略：
MP    USA
HKSAR(Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)
以上只是簡(jiǎn)要概括了現(xiàn)代英語詞匯與語法的一些特點(diǎn)，其中有的改變僅僅是現(xiàn)象，不一定就被公認(rèn)為規(guī)范的。