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OG12 3 one question about "modifier"

3.        Although variouseighteenth- and nineteenth-century American poets had professed aninterest in Native American poetry and had pretended to imitate Native Americanforms 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 1900scholars and critics had not begun seriously studying
(C)      
not until almost 1900were scholars and critics to begin seriously to study
(D)      
it was not almostuntil 1900 when scholars and critics began to seriously study
(E)        
it was not untilalmost 1900 that scholars and critics seriously began studying


The correct answer is E, but my question is whether the placement of “seriously” is correct here.
Correct在这里不会有修饰begin的歧义吗?
Thanks a lot!
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我觉得应该从原句来判断seriously的修饰对象吧. D和B都修饰study了, 改变了语意. 另外这题应该考的是it is/was ... that句型吧.

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说下个人观点,我觉得理解它想表达的意思才是王道。seriously 不管修是谁表达的都是“开始认真的学习”这个意思,如果是你所说的修饰began,“认真的开始学习” 表达也是这个意思,没有歧义,不用太纠结的~~

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哦,我就是稍微纠结了一下,想到底是“认真的开始”还是“认真的学习

”----也许修饰感情时候seriously 应该放在began前面吧,嘿嘿(joking~)
3ks~

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今天在manhattan上看到说:“adv. modifiers do not need to touch the words they modify”  但副词的修饰位置在句中不能产生歧义~~~

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