大全441——关于简洁问题

441.        It is as difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person. E

(A) those that are against a

(B) those against a

(C) it is against a 我以为C更简洁

(D) preventing those against a（E）

(E) it is to prevent those against a

为什么C就不能看作是it is so to prevent those against a的省略呢？

不能这么省，省去了to prevent，it就指前面的“ to prevent crimes against property ”了，而逻辑上it应该指代“it is to prevent those against a person”。（it是整个短语完全指代）

另外it is so to prevent those against a里面so无所指代，so作代词是指代某个action的。