一个语法小问题，有些迷惑，求助大大们~谢谢啦！

Ashley1989

07prep135题
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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选项中it was said 后面不用加that的吗？it was said that不是固定搭配么？不懂了。

yarndyed

say后面可以不加that的。其它选项用排除法都可以删掉的

tintinc

say是为数不多的几个引导词后面可以省略that的。因为say直接加从句不会产生诸如think/command/order等等省略that的歧义

ps但这里是被动，我也说不准。别的不能选啊。