OG 12 3 关于not until

swlfxer

3. 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

(0not 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


答案选E
AB C  已经明白
OG解释

C    The sequence of infinitives (to begin seriously to study) is awkward and wordy.

D    Not almost until is a nonsensical sequence of modifiers.

D:Not almost until是modify谁呀？


记得好像高中讲过not until的句型  查了一下

1. 一般式：not 与until分开，until放在句子的后面。例如：He did not go until midnight. （他直到午夜才走。）
2. 倒装式：not until 连在一起使用，且放在句首，整个句子要倒装。例如：Not until quite recently did I have any idea what a guided missile was like.(直到现在我才知道导弹是什么样子。)
3. 强调式：用于It is + not until +that ...的句型中。例如：It was not until the next day that I learned the truth.(到第二天我才听说事情的真相。)

不知在GMAT中是否还适用
那
C：如果不是be to do 改成
not until almost 1900 did scholars and critics  begin seriously to study
是否正确呢？

shlshing

我觉得C选项not until almost 1900 were scholars and critics to begin seriously

to study看做倒装滴话，正过来就是 scholars and critics were not to begin seriously

to study not until almost 1900.这就有问题叻嘛~~~

shlshing

然后题目应该是强调那些兄弟姐妹们开始研究叻不是强调时间not until 1900

swlfxer

C：如果不是be to do 改成
not until almost 1900 did scholars and critics  begin seriously to study
是否正确呢？

swlfxer

哦 D中 强调了when   也就是说何时开始研究   原意是开始研究~
恩 这个明白了~~

MarilynR

请问A选项的具体的语法错误是什么呢？还有这里的begin studying 和begin to study有什么区别吗？