[Grammar] The right choice

[hohol]

Yesterday i had english test and there was a text where i should fill the gaps. What is the right variant for the 2 sentence?
In the 1850s, when Levi Strauss ran out of tent canvas for the pants he was selling to California gold miners, he imported a tough material from Nomes in France called serge de Nomes._________, de Nomes became "denim".
Variant are:
Americanized
Having americanized
Please tell what is the right variant and why?

 

[SoothingDave]

Who did the Americanizing? The "de Nomes"?

 

[hohol]

Who did the Americanizing? The "de Nomes"?

No, "de Nomes" is a French name of denim.

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes, I know that.

In the sentence "Having Americanized, de Nomes became "denim" who did the Americanizing?

 

[hohol]

It is not mentioned in the text who did the Americanizing. The problem is that i put the variant "Having Americanized", but in the answers "Americanized" - is noted like the right one.

 

[SoothingDave]

You are not following where I am trying to lead. Let me give you some example sentences using "having..."

Having missed the bus, Joe was late for work.

Having lost my keys, I could not get into my apartment.

Do you see what an opening phrase with "having..." modifies?

 

[bhaisahab]

It's not "De Nomes" it's De Nîmes. "Nîmes" (the "s" is not pronounced) is a town in the south of France. I know it well.

 

[hohol]

So if it was Americanized by somebody, we'd put "Having"?

 

[hohol]

It's not "De Nomes" it's De Nîmes. "Nîmes" (the "s" is not pronounced) is a town in the south of France. I know it well.

Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

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[SoothingDave]

So if it was Americanized by somebody, we'd put "Having"?

No, I am trying to tell you that when you start a sentence with a "having..." phrase like this, that phrase acts as an adjective to describe some completed action taken by the subject of the sentence.

Which makes no sense since the subject of the sentence is "de Nimes." "De nimes" did not Americanize. It is inert, a type of fabric. It can not Americanize. It can only "be Americanized," in a passive sense where some other actor does the action.

 

[Roxolana]

So if it was Americanized by somebody, we'd put "Having"?

I still don't get it. Is it possible to use Having americanized? Can't the word americanize by itself?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Can't the word americanize by itself?

If the following definition is correct, then it can't.
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/Americanize

Not a teacher.

 

[bhaisahab]

No, a word can't do anything itself.