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by cooldude » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:56 pm
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
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by prachipareekh » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:15 pm
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
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by cjiang16 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:00 pm
phrase: credit with doing
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by babuxavier » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:48 am
IMO B

Right idiomatic usage
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by pramendrapandeya » Tue May 20, 2014 10:10 am
if i am not wrong there are to idiom in general with credit

credit to and credit with

so why not C?
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by pramendrapandeya » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:51 pm
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
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