For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.
A which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
B which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
C and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
D amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago
E amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters
做题做太多，有点晕了，请大牛指点下，伴随状语的用法啊，这里的答案为D ，我突然想不明白，amounting to 为什么不能是whites 或者minority或者california的伴随状语呢？有时候突然就觉得好像amounting to 和which都是在指代california的啊？？？谁能给解释下啊，多谢啊。
-2.做结果状语，逻辑主语是前面的句子（A V B)作者: timothyyung 时间: 2011-7-9 06:58
谢谢大侠，继续问，PREP笔记中的解释是说A中，which无所指，前面没有成分可以与amounts to连接（the numbers of non-Hispanic Whites in California才可以）我也是觉得说amount to 的主语应该是number才可以啊，那为什么 E中amounting to 的主语可以是前面的整个分句呢？我理解v-ing可以修饰前面分句主语或者整个分句，但是为什么在这里我觉得amounting 就是不对，就是很怪，就是找不到修饰的对象呢？作者: templars 时间: 2011-7-10 06:45
这里不是要就近指代啊，是要越前指代，修饰的是non-Hispanic Whites 。
如果用which会产生歧义的，会使得修饰对象不清晰。
越前指代当然是分词结构的跳跃性比从句要强的嘛。
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