Gian wrote:
Ancient tradition credited the Athenian Thespis as having invented Athenian tragedy in 535 B.C. when he stepped out from the Dionysian chorus and sang a solo in character.
(A) as having invented
(B) with having invented
(C) with the inventing of
(D) to have invented
(E) to be the inventor for
dushyanta wrote:
Why 'Credited to' wont work in this question?
dushyanta , when
credit as a verb followed by another verb (an action),
credit takes
with.Correct: She is credited with
saving the company.
Correct: If the whistleblower is treated as the law requires, he will be credited with
having restored at least some degree of force to the rule of law.
Credit as a verb takes
to only if a noun (and not an action) follows the verb
credit:
Correct: The song was credited to the wrong composer.
Correct: The refund will be credited to your account.
In options D and E,
credited is followed by two different verbs:
to have invented and
to be the inventor for.
I doubt that
credited to be is ever correct, but in any case,
to be is a verb and thus cannot be paired with the
verb credit.
Credited to have invented is also wrong because
to have invented is a verb phrase.
Credit with followed by action/verb is correct.To give credit to someone for something is common and idiomatic, but in that case,
credit is a noun.
See earlier posts in the thread; they address noun usage.
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