Sentence Correction

Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuary 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

D is right because , had in the earlier part of the sentence indicates past perfect so there should be past tense in the remaining part of the sentence.
B is not right because of the usage of Begun
E is wrong because of the usage to studying

what's wrong with 'A' ?

Sorry in 'E' it's not 'to studying' just 'studying'. it was a typo.

imo e...

IMO E

whats the OA ?

OA is [spoiler]'E'[/spoiler]. Can anyone please explain the reason?

vaishalijain7 wrote:OA is [spoiler]'E'[/spoiler]. Can anyone please explain the reason?

In not underlined part, we have a past perfect tense hence we need a simple past tense. eliminate A, B and C

Betweem D and E, "It was X that..." is an idiomatic structure and I have seen this as answer in few official questions. this is something to note.

There are other errors too such as:

In D, almost is not modifying 1900
C has subjuncitve "were" while we need a simple past

Can you also post Official explanation, May be I have missed somthing

iamcste wrote:

vaishalijain7 wrote:OA is [spoiler]'E'[/spoiler]. Can anyone please explain the reason?

In not underlined part, we have a past perfect tense hence we need a simple past tense. eliminate A, B and C

Betweem D and E, "It was X that..." is an idiomatic structure and I have seen this as answer in few official questions. this is something to note.

There are other errors too such as:

In D, almost is not modifying 1900
C has subjuncitve "were" while we need a simple past

Can you also post Official explanation, May be I have missed somthing

but in 'A' it's simple past only then why did you eliminate 'A'?

vaishalijain7 wrote:
but in 'A' it's simple past only then why did you eliminate 'A'?

I wasnt confident about comma used after 1900 and " to " in " to study" in A. On the contrary I was quite sure about the construction "It was X that..." in E as I have seen such a construction in OA

can you pls post official explanation

vaishalijain7 wrote:Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuary 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

The best answer is E.
First,UNTIL can be used in the form of preposition or conjuction. See below
prep.
Up to the time of: We danced until dawn.
Before (a specified time): She can't leave until Friday.
Scots. Unto; to.

conj.
Up to the time that: We walked until it got dark.
Before: You cannot leave until your work is finished.
To the point or extent that: I talked until I was hoarse

Second, D is correct, in that sense, up to the point of "to seriously study" which splits the infinitive

E corrects the error of splitting the infinitive.
Hope this helps.
Tim

d is incorrect. almost modifies 1900 not until

I also narrowed to D and E,
and D has split infinitive, so i will go with E as my choice.

and secondly, not until almost 1900 is alright.

(comments are welcome)

IMO E

A and B doesn't depict the contrast
C is awkard
D has split infinitive.