prep1-135 百思不得其解 求助

At one time, the majestic American chestnut was so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could jump from tree to tree without once touching the ground between New York
                State and Georgia.

(A) so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could

(B) so prevalent that a squirrel was said that it could

(C) so prevalent for a squirrel to be said to be able to

(D) prevalent enough that it was said a squirrel could

(E) prevalent enough for a squirrel to be said to be able to

cd排除，答案给的a

可是it was said a squirrel could

said 后面没有that 直接加从句可以么？？？

为啥b不可以呢？？？

谢谢nn指点

that a squirrel was said that it could被动不好，也没有施动作的人

A，IT WAS SAID有很多人都说的意思

谢谢mm解答

不过  it was said 我理解是很多人这么说  但是后面不是必须加that  才可以加从句的么

我也觉得bc别扭  可是a 的 缺that   一句里面两个verb 没有连词 是我排除的重要因素

我觉得it was said是不是有可能是个插入语~

如这个

26. The electronics company has unveiled what (it claims )to be the world’s smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.

我也选了B, A中的it是形式主语，that怎么可以省略呢？有没有人知道啊？迷惑中。

在网上搜了半天，绝大部分的语法观点都是不能省略，有一说是当that引导的主语从句比较短的时候可以省略that,

Longman Dictionary 用一个括号把that括起来，表示可以省略，给出的例句还是有that的,如下：

a) used to talk about something that people think is true

they say/people say/ it is said (that)

They say that she has been all over the world.

It is said that he was a spy during the war.

mm你的图片实在是太hot 了......

这道题我选A。 我也觉得省略that不对，但是后面几个更不对了，而且有一个也把that给省了。所以比较起来A最好。

 哪位大牛给说说这里that为什么可以省略呢？

为什么it was siad that 可以省略that ?