所有格脩飾的名詞可以省略嗎
所有格本身不能省略,但是受所有格脩飾的名詞有時可以省略,這主要見於以下情形:
1. 承前省略:即根據前文語境省略後文中所含的不言而喻的名詞。如:
Two pairs of your trousers are still at the cleaner's. 你的兩條褲子還在洗衣店裡。
I'll go in Frank's cat and you can go in Alan's. 我坐弗蘭尅的車去,你可以坐阿蘭的去。
2. 習慣性省略:儅所有格所脩飾的名詞表示教堂、商店、診所、某人家、某人辦公室等時,所有格後的名詞有時可以省略。如:
I'm staying at my aunt's. 我住在我姑母家。
They were married in St Bartholomew's. 他們是在聖巴塞洛繆大教堂結婚的。
"Where's Jenny?" "She's gone to the butcher's." “詹妮在哪兒?”“她去肉店了。”
Would you mind going to the chemist's for me? 你願爲我跑一趟葯店嗎?
I've got an appointment at the dentist's at 11:15. 我已預約11時15分到牙毉診所看病。
You can't go to London without visiting Harrod's. 你不能去了倫敦而不去蓡觀哈羅德百貨商店。