小白求助OG 2016 VERBAL SC 30

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According to the Economic Development Corporation of Los Angeles County, if
one were to count the Los Angeles metropolitan area as a separate nation, it would
have the world’s eleventh largest gross national product, that is bigger than that of
Australia, Mexico, or the Netherlands.
(A) if one were to count the Los Angeles metropolitan area as a separate
nation, it would have the world’s eleventh largest gross national product,
that is
(B) if the Los Angeles metropolitan area is counted as a separate nation, it
has the world’s eleventh largest gross national product, that being
(C) if the Los Angeles metropolitan area were a separate nation, it would
have the world’s eleventh largest gross national product,
(D) were the Los Angeles metropolitan area a separate nation, it will have
the world’s eleventh largest gross national product, which is
(E) when the Los Angeles metropolitan area is counted as a separate nation,
it has the world’s eleventh largest gross national product, thus

正确答案是C
答案里对原文最后that is bigger than that of Australia, Mexico, or the Netherlands的解释是：This discriptive information is most efficiently presented as a terminal adjective phrase. 请问这是什么用法呢？
另外D选项中的which is，OG解释为indirect and wordy，我直接理解为非限制性定语从句了，不知道为何indirect and wordy？

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elusive 发表于 2016-4-16 13:29
A：it 可以指LA,也可以指nation。此外后面的that is也不对
B：虚拟语气，is和has都错了。此外后面的being也 ...

谢谢！再弱弱的问下，为何which is也是不对的呢，我把which is理解成非限制性定语从句了，但是OG对which is的解释是indirect and wordy。

anna100

I assume you know why D is wrong. Here I'm going to explain why "which is" is wordy in D. Let me ask you - if you remove "which is" from the sentence, will the meaning of the sentence change or the sentence become ungrammatical? Apparently not! Therefore, "which is" is wordy here.

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elusive 发表于 2016-4-18 02:26
D里面的which修饰的是product，是对的

好的，谢谢！

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anna100 发表于 2016-4-18 07:12
I assume you know why D is wrong. Here I'm going to explain why "which is" is wordy in D. Let me ask ...

懂啦，谢谢！

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elusive 发表于 2016-4-18 17:33
我知道了，去除了which is，bigger than也修饰product。
这有点像你给我说的。。。fresh water, more tha ...

我还想请教一下，bigger than直接修饰前面名词的这种用法有没有什么具体的名称呢？虽然一些大神说不需要知道名称，会用就行了，但我还是比较好奇想深入了解一下这种用法。