Question

一道SAT语法题

Societies acting through their governments make the rules to state which acts are illegal, but although war is the most violent of human activities, it has not been declared illegal by any of the world’s governments or their agencies.
(A) to state
(B) stating
(C) when they state
(D) that are stating
(E) where they state

to state画线,
选B,求详解
谢谢

Answer 1

我本来也想问这题来着，后来看了COLLEGE BOARD的解释。
这里stating是现在分词作定语。
下面补充一些语法知识：
单个分词作定语时放在所修饰名词前
分词短语作定语时放在后 并且名词与现在分词之间存有逻辑上的主谓关系
e.g. a running boy
the girl standing there
并且一般都可以转化为一个进行时的定语从句
e.g. a boy who is running
a girl who is standing there

那么在这道题中应该是the rules which is stating...

应该是这样，不过同求高手的更完全解释！！