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Jack112 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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1. The principle states that no user or object (such as a service) should have more privileges or access to information and resources than is absolutely necessary. (What is the subject for 'is' here? What do you look at to figure it out?)

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The essential sentence-- The principle states that no user should have more than is necessary.

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  • The essential sentence-- The principle states that no user should have more than is necessary.
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The essential sentence-- The principle states that no user should have more than is necessary.
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... no user ... should have
more X
than (the amount of X that) is absolutely necessary (for a user ... to have).

The comparative construction rather obscures the clarity of the syntax, doesn't it?
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Can we not say this sentence?

The principle states that no user, or object (such as a service), should have more than is necessary of privileges, access to information, and resources.
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