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'The success of the Eric Canal spurred an area of canal building.' Help!



 
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'The success of the Eric Canal spurred an area of canal building.' Help! #1 (permalink) Sun Jan 06, 2008 15:07 pm   'The success of the Eric Canal spurred an area of canal building.' Help!		  
The success of the Eric Canal spurred an area of canal building.
I don't understand the meaning of the sentence above.Do ''area of canal building'' go with ""an area'' to make a phrase that is the object of the verb''spur'' or ''area of canal building'' go with the verb ''spur''?
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'The success of the Eric Canal spurred an area of canal building.' Help! #2 (permalink) Sun Jan 06, 2008 20:06 pm   'The success of the Eric Canal spurred an area of canal building.' Help!		  
There is a mistake in the sentence. Instead of an "area of canal building', it should say an "era of canal building".
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