until almost vs almost until (require expert help)

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by ArunangsuSahu » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:02 am
We need to be specific about "1900" not "until".. So "almost" need to come just before 1900
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by tanviet » Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:09 pm
pls, help, why B is wrong?

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by GmatKiss » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:11 am
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
(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

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by GmatKiss » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:14 am
IMO: E