OG13-15 正确选项的一个小问题，求解~

ycrockets

15. Many experts regarded the large increase in credit card borrowing in March not as a sign that households were pressed for cash and forced to borrow, rather a sign of confidence by households that they could safely handle new debt.

(A) rather a sign of confidence by households that they could safely

(B) yet as a sign of households’ confidence that it was safe for them to

(C) but a sign of confidence by households that they could safely

(D) but as a sign that households were confident they could safely

    (E) but also as a sign that households were confident in their ability safely to

求教，为什么confident后面可以直接加they could safely这句话呢？confident有这种直接跟句子的用法吗？
谢谢！

bejamin1111

The households were confident that they could safely handle new debt.

ycrockets

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-7-15 20:54
The households were confident that they could safely handle new debt.

我也是这么觉得的，但是OG上好像没有那个that的

lxskyfly

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-7-15 20:54
The households were confident that they could safely handle new debt.

But why we can omit "that" here? thank you~

haiyueqinhui

lxskyfly 发表于 2013-9-9 10:13
But why we can omit "that" here? thank you~

如果that引导宾语从句，理论上是可以省略的