most pleasant 代替 pleasantest
有时省略去冠词，例如： in U.S.A.代替 in the U.S.A.
working class 代替 the working class
从句连词that的省略： 主语从句：
It turned out he belonged to their race.
表语从句：
Yet the fact is we know very little about her.
同位语从句：
标点符号的省略： 现代英语在标点符号使用方面，比较自由、松散，能不用的尽 量不用。如：
并列句的两个分句中，逗号的省略;
But now they were going slower(, )for both of them were tired out.
数词或缩写词复数号的省略：
in the 1890s    three PhDs
缩写词后•句点的省略：
MP    USA
HKSAR(Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)
以上只是简要概括了现代英语词汇与语法的一些特点，其中有的改变仅仅是现象，不一定就被公认为规范的。