og12 SC67 without it的使用

Netherlanders

67. Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar,
Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout
the first half of the twentieth century because they
assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on
Algeria was always insecure.
(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was
always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never
be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they
did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about
their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if
they did not hold it

看了一下帖子，知道without it是做含蓄条件句，但是我看了下网上的例句一般来讲 without +N.后面都用逗号，这里B选项 without it直接加句子 我不太理解，语法上说得通吗？Thanks in advance.

huosijie

应该这样更容易理解些
their grip on Algeria would never be secure without it

Netherlanders

谢谢，但是状语可以随便提前吗？

kurtsniper

可以哦，因为本来正常的顺序就是if happened在前，then would happen在后
而且这样避免it指代Algeria的歧义

oovictoroo

ls这样确实可以解释为什么不能把without it置后，可是原选项it后不加“，”真的可以么。。。还是纠结= =

nobody910

同问，without + n. 的含蓄条件句格式，后面必须要逗号么？