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During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2014, 13:45
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During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendous challenges as unemployment topped 25%. Many historians credit the New Deal and the World War II industrial complex for propelling America out of the depression and into a then-unparalleled time of economic prosperity.

A. for propelling
B. with having propelled
C. as propelling
D. to propelling
E. with propelling
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2014, 14:13
Hi all :)
Isn't answer E?
My reasoning: 'with' needs to follow credit, therefore B and E remain
B wordy and uses having
Thus E is the correct answer :P
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2014, 14:18
clipea12 wrote:
Hi all :)
Isn't answer E?
My reasoning: 'with' needs to follow credit, therefore B and E remain
B wordy and uses having
Thus E is the correct answer :P


refer this : egyptians-are-credited-as-having-pioneered-embalming-methods-37700.html?fl=similar
Will you prefer to choose B for E ?
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2014, 14:27
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clipea12 wrote:
Hi all :)
Isn't answer E?
My reasoning: 'with' needs to follow credit, therefore B and E remain
B wordy and uses having
Thus E is the correct answer :P


refer this : egyptians-are-credited-as-having-pioneered-embalming-methods-37700.html?fl=similar
Will you prefer to choose B for E ?


You are right the answer is definitely B, i rushed into picking an answer! answered the question in 36 sec :(
Thank you PiyushK :)
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2014, 15:25
clipea12 wrote:
PiyushK wrote:
clipea12 wrote:
Hi all :)
Isn't answer E?
My reasoning: 'with' needs to follow credit, therefore B and E remain
B wordy and uses having
Thus E is the correct answer :P


refer this : egyptians-are-credited-as-having-pioneered-embalming-methods-37700.html?fl=similar
Will you prefer to choose B for E ?


You are right the answer is definitely B, i rushed into picking an answer! answered the question in 36 sec :(
Thank you PiyushK :)


I am not in favor of any specific choice, because source of this problem is showing OA as E. That is why I want to have some discussion on this problem further.
I want to know the difference between OG problem and this problem ? or the OA is not right ?
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2014, 01:48
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Isn't SC all about one sentence ? I can see two sentences in the question stem
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2014, 03:17
himanshujovi wrote:
Isn't SC all about one sentence ? I can see two sentences in the question stem


This question is not an official Q. Thus, just ignore that part. But what it is testing is matching to one OG problem, still its answer is different. Hence, we need a discussion on this whether this problem is flawed or it is testing some important bifurcation.
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2014, 01:47
After reading the Egyptians example, I also feel that B seems more correct. Can you let me know what is the source of this question?
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2014, 01:49
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After reading the Egyptians example, I also feel that B seems more correct. Can you let me know what is the source of this question?

https://www.lofoya.com/Verbal-Test-Quest ... n/l1p2.htm

source is not reliable.
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   20 Jul 2014, 08:47
Shouldn't the answer be option B. Here is how i came to that conclusion. The present perfect tense is used for actions that started in the past but continue into the present, or its effect is still relevant to the present moment, which is the case with our sentence. So i think B "having propelled" should be the answer. Can any of the experts please clarify?
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 02 Aug 2017, 02:06
During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendous challenges as unemployment topped 25%. Many historians credit the New Deal and the World War II industrial complex for propelling America out of the depression and into a then-unparalleled time of economic prosperity.

A.for propelling
B.with having propelled
C.as propelling
D.to propelling
E.with propelling

Could someone clarify why E is the answer to above question. Is it concision

Similar question: https://gmatclub.com/forum/egyptians-are ... fl=similar

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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   01 Aug 2017, 23:28
pradeepmaria wrote:
During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendous challenges as unemployment topped 25%. Many historians credit the New Deal and the World War II industrial complex for propelling America out of the depression and into a then-unparalleled time of economic prosperity.

A.for propelling
B.with having propelled
C.as propelling
D.to propelling
E.with propelling

Could someone clarify why E is the answer to above question. Is it concision

Similar question: https://gmatclub.com/forum/egyptians-are ... fl=similar


Credit with is the right idiom...you credited xyz with developing new series of smartphones...it means you are giving credit to someone/something. here historians are crediting new deal and world war II with propelling america out of depression. Hope this is clear.
For this reason A, C and D are out
B with "having" propelled...this having is wrong
E it is
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   02 Aug 2017, 03:04
Idiomatically, crediting with is better choice than crediting for -remove option A, C, D .
Between B and E, having propelled doesn't make sense ( passive voice when clause is active toned, wordy and too many words).
E is correct.


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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2017, 03:54
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During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendous challenges as unemployment topped 25%. Many historians credit the New Deal and the World War II industrial complex for propelling America out of the depression and into a then-unparalleled time of economic prosperity.

A. for propelling
B. with having propelled
C. as propelling
D. to propelling
E. with propelling


credit with is idiomatically correct
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   29 Jun 2019, 06:02
I do not agree with the answer posted. Could you please help.

Credit for v/s Credit to v/s Credit with
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   02 Jul 2019, 15:10
I read an E-Gmat article saying that you credit someone “for” something. How is the answer possibly idiomatic?

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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   05 Jul 2019, 11:32
georgethomps wrote:
I read an E-Gmat article saying that you credit someone “for” something. How is the answer possibly idiomatic?

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Please go through this post

https://gmatclub.com/forum/credit-for-v ... l#p2136630
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   05 Jul 2019, 14:39
Abhishek009 wrote:
georgethomps wrote:
I read an E-Gmat article saying that you credit someone “for” something. How is the answer possibly idiomatic?

Posted from my mobile device

Please go through this post

https://gmatclub.com/forum/credit-for-v ... l#p2136630
This post doesn’t clarify my confusion. If “for” is used for acknowledgment, then how would that not be appropriate for this question? Is there a better example for “credit with” aside from financial transactions?
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Re: During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendo [#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2019, 00:06
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PiyushK wrote:
During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendous challenges as unemployment topped 25%. Many historians credit the New Deal and the World War II industrial complex for propelling America out of the depression and into a then-unparalleled time of economic prosperity.

A. for propelling
B. with having propelled
C. as propelling
D. to propelling
E. with propelling


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Correct Answer: E
The current sentence uses the incorrect idiom to credit x ... for y. The correct idiom is to credit x ... with y

A. to credit x ... for y is not the correct idiom
B. having propelled is not the proper verb tense and should be replaced with propelling
C. to credit x ... as y is not the correct idiom
D. to credit x ... to y is not the correct idiom
E. to credit x ... with y is the correct idiom; propelling instead of having propelled is also correct
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