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.
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 A项是宾语从句省略引导词that, B项是用了被动语态。二者都不是绝对性错误。答案选的是A。可以理解成在GMAT语法中,省略宾语从句引导词优于被动语态吗? thank XDJM~!