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, schoolars 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
1、想问一下D选项的问题：
OG解释说：not almost until is a nonsensical sequence of modifiers
为什么almost一定要放在until后面你呢？难道not until中间不能加词了么？
2、还有E选项，应该是一个强调句。还原原句的话，就成了 not until almost 1900 scholars and critics seriously began studying...
但是not until置于句首，不是应该倒装的么？
谢谢啦！作者: bah-torontoer 时间: 2011-6-19 10:22
1.almost 是修饰1900的 不是修饰until的 所以要放在1900前
2.强调句 还原成scholars and critics seriously did not began studying until almost 1900 .哪里用得着倒装么作者: ybava018919 时间: 2011-6-19 21:16
