向大家请教OG12-7 关于in the past的修饰位置

樱桃悠悠

7. As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the
company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the
past have conceded to rivals.
(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals

毋庸置疑，答案是E
但是看OG中关于D选项的解释，说in the past的位置不好，说不清是修饰would have conceded还是rivals,如果是修饰would have conceded的话，就是redundant
那么E选项中 如果in the past是修饰rivals的话，岂不是应该放在最后面吗？
还有in the past到底在文中是起到怎样的修饰作用的？

谢谢大家不吝赐教！

Gail小M

Hi，
In choice D: if " in the past" modifies "would have conceded", thus it was redundant because there is a " previously " in the sentence.  if it modifies "rivals", it is OK .
因为两个都有可能修饰，所以认为unclear.
E 中 " in the past" modify " would have conceded"

sevenszero

为什么D中in the past会被认为既可修饰"would have conceded"又可修饰“rivals”？in the past不是就近修饰吗？

樱桃悠悠

这么久了才来翻自己以前的帖子。。。
先感谢小M的解答~~
对于楼上的疑问，鄙人之见是OG里还是强调一个排除歧义的问题吧