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by neha.patni » Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:36 am
During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendous challenges as unemployment topped 25%. Many historians credit the New Deal and the World War II industrial complex for propelling America out of the depression and into a then-unparalleled time of economic prosperity.

A) for propelling
B) with having propelled
C) as propelling
D) to propelling
E) with propelling


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by paes » Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:40 am
IMO A

others are looking awkward while reading.
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by selango » Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:26 am
IMO E
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by clock60 » Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:33 am
in MS correction i saw idiom
Credit with
so my pick for E
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by selango » Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:42 am
credit for something

praise or recognition for one's role in something

credit somebody with something

to believe that someone has a particular quality or ability
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Option E seems to be correct.
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by ashish2104 » Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:44 am
IMO A.

the sentence means historians are giving credit to someone or something for something.....hence credit....for is correct here.
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by gmat_perfect » Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:53 am
neha.patni wrote:During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendous challenges as unemployment topped 25%. Many historians credit the New Deal and the World War II industrial complex for propelling America out of the depression and into a then-unparalleled time of economic prosperity.

A) for propelling
B) with having propelled
C) as propelling
D) to propelling
E) with propelling


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Theory:

We know from the official guides that "Credit someone With Something" is the correct idiom.

If the official guide is correct, then only option E matches.

B is NOT correct because "having propelled" is wordy and changes the meaning of the sentence.

Answer is E.
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by indiantiger » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:05 am
E, using correct idiom
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