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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








答案是E  
D选项问的when一词千行是这么解释的
On the GMAT, “when” is usually used to describe one situation that happens at the same time as another; the word is only rarely used as a relative pronoun. “When” should only be used as a relative pronoun when it introduces a relative clause that actually describes the time in question. For example:

The weeks when I was happy to watch TV all day are long gone.

An easy way to test whether “when” has correctly been used as a relative pronoun is to replace it with “in which.” The above sentence would read:
The weeks in which I was happy to watch TV all day are long gone.

This construction makes sense. In the case of our GMAT question, however, replacing “when” with “in which” creates an illogical clause:
It was not until almost 1900 in which scholars and critics seriously began studying

我的问题是  这个解释跟排除D有什么联系tat  

enkyklios

这不是说的很清楚吗 however, replacing “when” with “in which” creates an illogical clause
D选项不能用in which代替，所以不是一个when的正确用法。
它的逻辑很清晰，尽管他说的并不对

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enkyklios 发表于 2013-8-3 16:47
这不是说的很清楚吗 however, replacing “when” with “in which” creates an illogical clause
D选项不 ...

不能替代就不替代呗亲 那就表示两个事情同时发生  这样正好复合意思啦
？？

enkyklios

abc791201064 发表于 2013-8-3 18:02
不能替代就不替代呗亲 那就表示两个事情同时发生  这样正好复合意思啦
？？ ...

我不知道你的思路，但是人家这里说的是这里为什么不能用when呢？因为用wh对，为什么不对因为不符合用when的条件.判断是否符合的标准他认为是是否能用in which 替换。这思路很清晰啊

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enkyklios 发表于 2013-8-3 20:42
我不知道你的思路，但是人家这里说的是这里为什么不能用when呢？因为用wh对，为什么不对因为不符合用when ...

懂了 谢谢！