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I wanna know, in the phrase "the total vote of Democrats and Independent for B", total vote refers to vote of Democrats only or Democrats and Independent? How can I judge the range of modifiers, like those with a sign"of"?

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"The total vote of Democrats and Independent for B" refers to the added total of Democrats and Independents together.  When "total" is used in a sentence like this, it indicates adding the amounts together.  I'm not sure what you mean by the second part of your question.

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I'm not really sure what you mean by the following: 'How can I judge the range of modifiers, like those with a sign"of"?'  Can you say it in a different way?