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by mohit11 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:38 pm
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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


OA is A

Can someone explain why D is incorrect, it seems succinct, further credit for and credit with both are correct idioms.
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by sars72 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:23 pm
mohit11 wrote:
Can someone explain why D is incorrect, it seems succinct, further credit for and credit with both are correct idioms.
choice D implies that it still has a strong influence. This cannot be the case coz Picasso is no longer alive.
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by mohit11 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:25 pm
Makes sense, thanks :)
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by komal » Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:06 am
mohit11 wrote:OG 10 - 226

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


Choice A is the best. In this sentence, where credit(ed) is used as a verb, the idiom in English is to credit something with having had some effect. Thus only choice A is idiomatic. Both/or (in B and D) and to (in C) can be used idiomatically when credit is a noun, as in "Picasso gave credit to African art for having had a strong influence on his work." The verb form having had is used appropriately in choice A to indicate action that occurred prior to action expressed in the simple past tense--that is, to indicate that African art had influenced Picasso before he credited it with having done so.
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