关于than后面是否可以直接接介词短语的问题？

102．Although Napoleon's army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns，it had provisions for only twenty-four days．

(A)  they had in their previous campaigns

(B)  their previous campaigns had had

(C)  they had for any previous campaign

(D)  in their previous campaigns

(E)  for any previous campaign

Agreement + Verb form

The sentence incorrectly uses the plural pronouns they and their to refer back to the singular noun army．The verb tense would need to be the past perfect had had rather than the simple past had because this action occurs before the action in the main clause．In the context of supplies for a campaign，the preposition for is preferable to the preposition in . In cases such as this，where the sentence has multiple errors．it is often helpful to look among the answer choices for an alternate construction．

A  Pronouns referring to the noun army should be it and its，not they and their the verb should be had had．

B  Their does not agree with the singular noun army.

C  They does not agree with the singular noun army；the verb should be had had.

D  The proposition used should be for, not in；their should be its to agree with army．

E  Correct．This simple construction avoids the problems of pronoun agreement and verb tense；it is clear, correct，and concise．

The correct answer is E．