1000sc# 274

[cooldude]

well this time oa is b but wats wrong with d?aand even e;can soomeone clarify there uses?


274. Egyptians are credited as having pioneered embalming methods as long ago as 2650 B.C.
(A) as having
(B) with having
(C) to have
(D) as the ones who
(E) for being the ones who

[prachipareekh]

Credit with - correct idiom -- credit someone with having done something -- Only choice B is idiomatic

Some GMAT Idioms are stated here..go through them..
https://gmat-grammar.blocked/2006_0 ... chive.html

[cjiang16]

phrase: credit with doing

[babuxavier]

IMO B

Right idiomatic usage

[pramendrapandeya]

if i am not wrong there are to idiom in general with credit

credit to and credit with

so why not C?

[pramendrapandeya]

Now I got it

Credited with - when we mention what someone has achieved...
Credited to - when we associate one's achievement/success with a source/reason of something else...

Newton is credited with discovering the laws of motion.

We had to credit much of our hard work to simple good luck