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credit for vs credit with

by aspirant2011 » Mon May 02, 2011 5:14 am
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]
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by Chaitanya_1986 » Mon May 02, 2011 5:55 am
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.


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by bubbliiiiiiii » Thu May 05, 2011 2:47 am
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?
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by Chaitanya_1986 » Thu May 05, 2011 3:29 am
Bubblii,

The idiomatic usage of Credit for is wrong here....This usage is used in the situation of amount credited
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by atulmangal » Thu May 05, 2011 5:02 am
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!!!
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by champmag » Thu May 05, 2011 11:51 pm
The correct idiom is credited with.

Thus OA: A
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun May 08, 2011 9:52 am
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.
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