快考了，prep2 108，求助！

shiwen66666

prep2-108 拜托看一下

In the United States, while the number of foreign-born residents and their children is higher than ever, the percentage of the population they represent is not, in 1910 this group made up 35 percent of the population when compared to 20 percent in 2000.  
A. population when compared to 20 percent in 2000  
B. population as compared to 2000, when it was 20 percent  
C. population, comparing it with 20 percent in 2000  
D. population, unlike 2000, with 20 percent  
E. population, [bgcolor=#ffed43]compared with 20 percent in 2000
选E。

问：compared不是只能修饰就近的n吗?那不就是修饰population了，不是35percent了吗？[/bgcolor]

万分感谢

yaopeiyu

过去分词ed可以跳跃修饰的，这一点和which比较像；而ing现在分词和that作先行词的时候通常是就近修饰的。所以这里的ed是修饰percent的，此点说的通。此题主要考的是简洁形式，什么when compared,as compared , comparing, 一般出现铁错。

fierce

here, compared describes the whole phrase before the comma, not the last word

shiwen66666

过去分词ed可以跳跃修饰的，这一点和which比较像；而ing现在分词和that作先行词的时候通常是就近修饰的。所以这里的ed是修饰percent的，此点说的通。此题主要考的是简洁形式，什么when compared,as compared , comparing, 一般出现铁错。

-- by 会员 yaopeiyu (2009/11/21 1:08:11)

可是我怎么会知道ed到底跳到哪停呢？which从句有谓语可以控制，但ed怎么控制呀？

shiwen66666

here, compared describes the whole phrase before the comma, not the last word

-- by 会员 fierce (2009/11/21 1:11:32)

怎么和楼上说的不一样呢？。。。

可是我认为-ed不能修是全局，只有-ing才可以

fierce

the -ed and the -ing should not matter...