One automobile manufacturer has announced plans to increase the average fuel efficiency of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent over the next five years, amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, and representing the first significant change in the fuel efficiency of any class of passenger vehicle in almost two decades.
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an increase that would amount to roughly five miles per gallon and it would represent
an increase that would amount to roughly five miles per gallon and would represent
which is an increase amounting to roughly five miles per gallon, representing
Actually, "amounting" is not a tensed verb at all. It's a present participle -- a grammatical object formed from a verb but that can take on a number of grammatical functions. Here, it's being used to start a modifying phrase. The essential question: what is it modifying?
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