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Doubt with placement of adverb ?

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by sui generis » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:29 am
His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great ice sheets had existed in what are now temperate areas

(A) in which great ice sheets had existed in what are now temperate areas
(B) in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas
(C) when great ice sheets existed where there were areas now temperate
(D) when great ice sheets had existed in current temperate areas
(E) when great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate

OA: B

I have confusion between B and E. The official explanation says, 'Now is an adverb and should be placed just after the verb are'.

I couldn't get this explanation. Also are there any other specific rules too (like the one above) that govern the placement of adverb.

Please help.
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:37 am
The position of "now" in answer E is incorrect because it is placed in the first clause which clearly concerns the past.
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by sui generis » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:43 am
Thanks Kasia for the quick reply.

So basically "now" is modifying 'existed', while it should modify 'are'.

Another quick question: do we have any rule whereby an adverb should precede or follow a verb ? Or are adverbs flexible with respect to their placements.
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