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Although earlier poets introduced Dido as the founder of Carthage, the poet Virgil is credited as having invented her encounter with Aeneas.
A) the founder of Carthage, the poet Virgil is credited as having invented
B) being the founder of Carthage, the poet Virgil is credited as having invented
C) the founder of Carthage, the poet Virgil is credited with having invented
D) being the founder of Carthage, the poet Virgil is credited as the one who invented
E) the founder of Carthage, the poet Virgil is credited to have invented
27 Mar 2022, 00:18
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
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• Idiom takeaway
Credit with, credit to, and (noun) give credit for are all correct in different contexts.
→ Credit with doing something.
We credit someone with doing something.
Credit with is often written in passive voice—correctly so because agency (the "doer") is not important. The recipient is important.
→ Charles Darwin is credited with developing the theory of evolution, but some scholars argue that Alfred Russel Wallace came up with the idea twenty years before Darwin did.
→ Harriet Tubman is credited with having led nearly 300 enslaved black people from bondage in the American South to freedom in Canada.
→ Credit to someone or something responsible for
We credit a characteristic, distinction, or accomplishment TO a person or organization responsible for possessing or creating the good thing.
→ The success of the Ukrainian soldiers is credited to strenuous training, strategic agility, and amazing bravery.
→ The eradication of smallpox was credited to worldwide vaccination.
→ Credit for (used only as a noun)
"Credit" is often used as a noun.
In that case, we give credit FOR something (or to someone for something).
The diplomats never received credit for their painstaking work behind the scenes.
→ Credit as is not correct.
SPOILER alert, these links take you to two official questions that test the idiom: one of them is here; the other is here
THE OPTIONS
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→ credited as is almost never correct
→ Virgil did something. "Having invented [an] encounter with [the Trojan warrior] Aeneas" is an action.
We would credit Virgil with having created Dido's encounter with Aeneas, a love affair that laid the mythical foundation for the Punic Wars.
→ "Credited as" sounds as though he was acting in a role. In any case, credit as is not correct.
ELIMINATE A
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→ being is suspect.
Remove the word "being." Does the sentence still make sense? If so, you almost certainly do not need the word "being."
→ as having invented is the same problem as that in option A
ELIMINATE B
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→ I do not see any errors.
→ credited with is idiomatically correct. It highlights what Virgil did.
(Aside: "having invented" the encounter is the object of the verb and preposition "credited with."
Having verbED can be and often is a modifier but can also be the object of a verb or preposition.)
KEEP
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→ being is suspect, just as is the case in option B
→ credited as is almost never correct
→ at the least, be suspicious of the unnecessarily verbose "the one who invented."
The wordiness and repetitiveness of the phrasing is not enough to eliminate this option on its own, but the option's error's are compounded.
ELIMINATE D
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→ IS credited to makes almost no sense here.
We could say that a monetary sum "is credited to" a bank account two days after deposit.
But a person who has accomplished a deed (who created a fictional encounter between Dido and Aeneas that is central to mythology) would not be credited TO have invented.
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is C.
COMMENTS
ashish21931 , welcome to SC Butler.
The analysis in these answers is thoughtful and helpful.
Very nicely done.
General Discussion
27 Mar 2022, 01:04
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My answer is (C). It took me 01:17.
"as the founder of Carthage" or "as being the founder of Carthage"?
"being" is superfluous. Eliminate (BD).
As discussed at https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/credit+(someone+or+something)+with+(something) and https://www.beatthegmat.com/credited-for-with-as-t270038.html, the appropriate idiom to use here is
credit Somebody with Something.
"as the founder of Carthage" or "as being the founder of Carthage"?
"being" is superfluous. Eliminate (BD).
As discussed at https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/credit+(someone+or+something)+with+(something) and https://www.beatthegmat.com/credited-for-with-as-t270038.html, the appropriate idiom to use here is
credit Somebody with Something.
