白勇语法第3章－8题

The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has all but eliminated the cost advantage of owning a house in many rural comumunities.

A  The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has

B  Traffic congestion, the growing demand for housing, and longer commuting trips has

C  Longer commuting trips, traffic congestion, and the growing demand for housing has

D  Traffic congestion, longer commuting trips , and the growing demand for housing have

E  The growing demand for housing, as well as traffic congestion and longer commuting  

     trips, have

想请教一下，but后面的eliminated的主语是什么呢？觉得这个并列不通啊～

"all but" here means nearly..almost...it is a phrase

so the subject here is still"the growing demand.."

hope it helps =)