Take the 2-minute tour ×  Albert Einstein talked about what
influenced his life as a scientist. He remembered seeing a
pocket compass when he was five years old and
(marveling/marveled) that the needle always pointed north.  This
is from my exam question which asked to select the correct
choice between marveling and marveled. The answer says marveling
is the correct answer but it seems like marveled is the right
answer for me. Can someone verify the answer and explain why
marveling is correct?  share|improve this question  2 Answers 2
up vote 6 down vote accepted  Marveling was probably given as
the correct answer because it matches seeing, seeing and
marveling being the things he remembered. However, a different
interpretation would allow marveled. That would be the case if
you considered that a new finite clause followed and, meaning
that he remembered and he marveled were being treated as two
separate events.  It depends on just what aspects of English the
examination was testing, but in general any quest