求牛牛指教啊！！！！

funnyhehe

One automobile manufacturer has announced plans to increase the averagefuel efficiency of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent over the next fiveyears, amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and representing thefirst significant change in the fuel efficiency of any class of passengervehicle in almost two decades.

B/D

(A) amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and representing

(B) amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and it would represent

(C) an increase that would amount to roughly five miles per gallon and itwould represent

(D) an increase that would amount to roughly five miles per gallon andwould represent

(E) which is an increase amounting to roughly five miles per gallon,representing

想请教一下，A中amounting to 可以表伴随吗？形容增加的程度。
答案是D，我觉得没问题。只是觉得单看A中的amounting to 也没有问题！

boalgmat

伴随  要跟主句谓语动词 同事发生   announced 无法跟 amounting伴随啊   

funnyhehe

是的是的！！后面我也是越想越觉得奇怪！！！谢谢！

slave918

A is weong, because “amounting& representing" should apply to the subject of the preceding clause.
in thie case, amounting& representing apply to the manufacturer, that's nonsence.