求证 OG 03题中seriously位置的问题，很快的，求大家帮忙看下！！！

zoexixi

OG12-003

Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuryAmerican poets had professed an interest inNative American poetry and had pretended to imitateNative American forms in their own works, until almost1900. scholars and critics did not begin seriously tostudy traditional Native American poetry in nativelanguages.



(A)until almost 1900, scholars and critics did notbegin seriously to study

(B)until almost 1900 scholars and critics had notbegun seriously studying

               (C)not until almost 1900 were scholars and criticsto begin seriously to study

(D)it was not almost until 1900 when scholars andcritics began to seriously study

(E)it was not until almost 1900 that scholars andcritics seriously began studying

答案是E，就是想求证一下对于seriously位置的理解是否正确。

我的理解：首先，seriously在这里修饰begin和study逻辑上都符合，其次，ABC中seriously的位置会引起修饰歧义，修饰begin还是study; 第三，E项中的seriously位置清晰，只能修饰begin。最后，D项中的seriously位于begin to 的后面，也只能修饰study。

请大家帮忙看下正确么？谢谢了！！！

zzxl

从意思上，只能修study吧？