Sentence Correction

Pablo Picasso, the late Spanish painter, credited African art with having had a strong influence on his work.

(A) with having had
(B) for its having
(C) to have had
(D) for having
(E) in that it had

[spoiler]OA: Will be posted later......can anyone please explain the difference between "credit with and credit for" when to use which one???????[/spoiler]

Here Credited with is correct....So, Answer is A


a) Credited with:- used when we credit a person with accomplishments (We often uses this when a person comes first)

ex:- Newton is credited with the discovery of Gravity

b) Credit to:- credit accomplishments to person

ex:- The team credits its success to good Fortune.

C) Credit for:- used in terms of Credit Note
ex:- John gave peter a credit of $10 because of an interruption in his service.


Hope this will clear your doubt's...

In my opinion D could be the answer.

Reasons:

1. No Past participle usage.
2. I think the subject, Pable Picasso, credits african art for something but is not actually credited with African art.

What is the OA?

Bubblii,

The idiomatic usage of Credit for is wrong here....This usage is used in the situation of amount credited

Chaitanya_1986 wrote:Here Credited with is correct....So, Answer is A


a) Credited with:- used when we credit a person with accomplishments (We often uses this when a person comes first)

ex:- Newton is credited with the discovery of Gravity

b) Credit to:- credit accomplishments to person

ex:- The team credits its success to good Fortune.

C) Credit for:- used in terms of Credit Note
ex:- John gave peter a credit of $10 because of an interruption in his service.


Hope this will clear your doubt's...

Nice exploration of the idiom!!!

The correct idiom is credited with.

Thus OA: A

CREDIT FOR is correct when "credit" is not the verb, as in He got credit for my hard work or She received credit for her years of service.