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 three-quarters only a decade ago.
206. (GWD-13-30) 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 three-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
为什么A 不对?
看了语法笔记,说which没有指代对象,但是我觉得可以指代就近的minority, 那么可以作为单数名词处理; only 修饰a decage ago, 表示仅仅十年前还是4分3, 表明快速下降也没有不可以阿;
minority mounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago. 少数民族mounts to little less than half the population 少数民族的人数少于这个洲的人口人数一半。 如果超过一半那还叫什么少民族? 这里是强调non white hispanic的种族数量变化而不是讨论少数民族的定义问题,逻辑上也说不通。