For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago.
which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago
amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters
which不能跳过in California来修饰minority,因为in Californian不是minority的定语,而是修饰are的状语,中文可以理解为“在California是少数群体”,而不是“California的少数群体”。所以which只能指代California,逻辑错误,不选。对于noun1+prep+noun2,which 的类型,只用当prep+noun2修饰的是noun1时,which才能够跳过介词短语去修饰noun1。否则,只能就近修饰noun2。
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