求助~~OG12 SC 3

li小妖

Although various eighteenth-and nineteenth- century American poets had professed an interest in Native American poetry and had pretended to imitate Native American forms in their own works, until almost 1900, scholars and critics did not begin seriously to study traditional Native American poetry in native languages.

(a) until almost 1900, scholars and critics did not begin seriously to study
(b) until almost 1900 scholars and critics had not begun seriously studying
(c) not until almost 1900 were scholars and critics to begin seriously to study
(d) it was not almost until 1900 when scholars and critics began to seriously study
(e) it was not until almost 1900 that scholars and critics seriously began studying

C选项肿么不对，求解

向日葵般阳光

个人觉得是：to begin to seriously study 不定式连用，笨拙！！ GMAT语法以简洁有效为美！！

helio5

C 中 seriously的位置不对吧，
seriously应该修饰study，而不是began

恢复正常语序后were to begin?明显错误

向日葵般阳光

C 中 seriously的位置不对吧，
seriously应该修饰study，而不是began

恢复正常语序后were to begin?明显错误

-- by 会员 helio5 (2011/8/29 11:00:41)

这个我也一直好奇着，不知道是否是想倒装？可是be to do的用法很少见。
总之，就是不够简洁~~~吧

bank11

OG12 上面解释的很清楚啊~The placement of the phrase until almost 1900 at the beginning of the second clause is confusing. Does it refer back to the fi rst verb or forward to the next verb?
这个是对A的解释，放在C也适用，until的修饰对象不明