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In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country’s size and that brought its western border within reach of the Pacific Ocean.

A.    In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country’s size and that brought
B.    For about four cents an acre the United States acquired, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country’s size and it brought
C.    With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, more than doubling its size and bringing
D.    The United States, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, for about four cents an acre, acquired 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country’s size, bringing
E.    Acquiring 828,000 square miles in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States bought it for about four cents an acre, more than doubling the country’s size and bringing

OA：  C
想知道  C选项中的  more than 仅仅修饰 doubling 吗？ 还是  也修饰后面的 bringing，如果是后者，感觉逻辑上有点不对啊，谢谢

jaze

找到了，

It seems that more than... and bringing are jointly modifying 828,000 square miles, am I right?

Nope. More than modifies doubling, and doubling and... bringing is a compound participial modifying the entire clause the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre.

According to this sentence doubling[/i and bringing were the result of acquiring. Makes sense. True, too. It's confusing when they slip other modifiers between a comma and an -ing word, isn't it?