What is the right participle?
He imported a tough material from Nomes in France called serge de Nomes. (40)_____________, de Nomes became “denim”.
A Americanizing
B Having Americanized
C Americanized
D To be americanized
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Answers · 4
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The best word to describe the English version of a word, if it’s not specific to the US, UK, Australia, etc. is “anglicized.”
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"C," if this is some type of a quiz and those are the only responses available. Otherwise, I would write "In American English it became..." (or even just "English," since all English speakers now call it denim.
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The answer is C.
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Where is Nomes? The French city of Nîmes is famous and is usually cited in the history of denim (de Nîmes) fabric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim
excerpt -
"... denim itself was first produced in the French city of Nîmes under the name “sergé de Nîmes”.
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