one more question

britney_gao

sales of united states manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, (which is 14 percent more than the previous year) and largely offsets weak demand from europe and japan.
a. 同上
b. which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
c. 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure
d. an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
e. an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure

正确答案是E。我选的是B。 为什么选E呢？the previous year不是人，可以加's吗？
另外，如果说offset 前面应该有主语的话，那么B 中which 也可以啊，为什么要用an amount 呢？

谢谢！

1stzhang

1、which只能就近修饰，那么which只能指带1992，而E是满足平行结构的。

2、‘s有三种用法（1）人（2）时间（3）由人组成的集体（这时有些拟人的用法）

siebel

以下是引用1stzhang在2003-5-18 18:53:00的发言：
2、‘s有三种用法（1）人（2）时间（3）由人组成的集体（这时有些拟人的用法）

牢记。

britney_gao

thank you!