<p>(When) M. R. Harrington, an archaeologist from the Museum of the American Indian, (began to excavate) the ruins (he named) the Pueblo Grande de Nevada, he unearthed artifacts (indicating) a 500-year occupation by indigenous peoples. No error</p>
<p>I thought the answer was indicating, because its in the wrong tense.</p>
<p>Can someone please tell me why there is no error.</p>
<p>Also…</p>
<p>10 In the early songs of the Beatles, one hears plaintive Blues-inspired melodies that would seem to be more a product of rural southern America than an English industrial city. </p>
<p>(A) a product of rural southern America than an English industrial city
(B) a product from rural southern America than that of an English industrial city
(C) produced in rural southern America than by an English industrial city
(D) a product out of rural southern America than from an English industrial city
(E) a product of rural southern America than of an English industrial city</p>
<p>The answer is E, but why is it not B: the sentence is comparing product area, so isnt E illogical comparison</p>
<p>There is no error because the entire paragraph is written in the present tense-- he ‘began to excavate’ the artifacts which were ‘indicating’. To say he ‘began to excavate’ the artifacts ‘that indicated’ would not make sense.</p>
<p>For the second one, you are simply comparing where the ‘melodies’ sound like they are coming from, so ‘of an english industrial city’ makes sense since ‘of’ implies that it is comparing origin of the music. In other words, it is not an illogical comparison since you are comparing cities not their ‘products’.</p>
<p>Also, it ‘would seem to be more a product --of rural southern America-- than --of an English industrial city–’ makes it clear they are correctly parallel i think.</p>
<p>Fizz, the sentence is not in the present tense?!? i.e. began, unearthed, he named…</p>
<p>However, indicating is not used as a verb here? Am I right? Instead is indicating used as a participle, or something of that nature??</p>
<p>Thanks for two… but isn’t B indicating </p>
<p>a product from rural southern America than that (product) of an English industrial city</p>
<p>bumpp can anyone help please?</p>
<p>10 In the early songs of the Beatles, one hears plaintive Blues-inspired melodies that would seem to be more [a product of rural southern America than an English industrial city].</p>
<p>You’re asking to choose between these two (having eliminated the other choices):</p>
<p>(B) a product from rural southern America than that of an English industrial city
(E) a product of rural southern America than of an English industrial city</p>
<p>The answer is E, but you ask “why is it not B: the sentence is comparing product area, so isn’t E an illogical comparison”</p>
<p>To some extent this is question regarding the choice of the preposition “of” rather than “from” in a particular context.</p>
<p>We say “a product of a <culture region=”">" to mean that it is the result of the ambiance of that region (e.g. people, weather, arts, geography, etc.) that has led to the evolution of the “product”, which in the case of the sentence above is “music”. It could be “art” or “theater” or “cuisine” or “dance”, etc., but probably not goods such as cars, etc.</culture></p>
<p>So we would say “Harry Potter is a product of English culture” or perhaps “… a product of England.”</p>
<p>The use of “from” instead of “of” has a different coronation – more in the sense of where the product came from rather than where it evolved naturally. Try: “Grade B Maple Syrup is a product from Canada.”</p>
<p>Also the comparisons need to be “parallel”. Choice E has the required parallelism:</p>
<p>"… more a product of A than of B". I suppose you can say “… more a product of A than [a product] of B”. That would make the sentence unnecessary awkward since “a product” is implicit in the comparison.</p>
<p>Choice B suffers from two flaws: (1) “from” instead of “of”, and (2) non-parallel comparison. I suppose you can change it to read:</p>
<p>"… more a product from rural southern America than from an English industrial city". But this is an illogical comparison “more from one region than from another”??? And fortunately it’s not one of the choices.</p>