第一句：The name makes me more qualified to be football player than an art critic.
可否补充为The name makes me more qualified to be football player than it is an art critic. than作为比较代词，是代替qualified to吗？假如不对，than如何替代形容词短语？
另外一种状况可否把than理解为介词引导比较对象？
第二句：
Mr. Smith is fonder of his secretary than he is fond of his wife. 这个句子是不是正确？than还按比较代词理解的话， 它代替什么？than从句中仿佛没它的地方了。
to bean art critic.
第二句：
Mr. Smith is fonder of his secretary than he is fond of his wife. 这个句子是不是正确？than还按比较代词理解的话， 它代替什么？than从句中仿佛没它的地方了。
【答】Mr. Smith is fonder of his secretary than he is fond of his wife. 是错句。
错在多了“比较项” fond，需要删去。改为：
Mr. Smith is fonder of his secretary than he is of his wife. （正）
从句与主句仍有重复的成分，可以省略为：
Mr. Smith is fonder of his secretary than of his wife. （正）
至此，句子已经非常简练、非常正确，但 of 不可以再省略。省略后意思发生非常大变化：
Mr. Smith is fonder of his secretary than his wife.（正。但意思发生了变化）
史密斯先生比他老婆更喜欢他的秘书。
